Comments on: Howto Install Dropbox in Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)/8.10(Intrepid)/8.04(Hardy)

By: Pipps

Pipps — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:24:17 +0000

UbuntuGeek, thank you for the excellent guide!
Everyone, thank you for the additionally helpful comments!

By: theron

theron — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:12:18 +0000

Thanks - this worked great! The instructions on the DropBox web site were useless.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:31:56 +0000

Instructions worked great for me! Thanks!!

By: newubuntu

newubuntu — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:20:03 +0000

thanks Jake Lishman

By: Jake Lishman

Jake Lishman — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:04 +0000

@newubuntu

Run “dropbox start” in the terminal, without the quotes. It’ll then prompt you to download the dropbox proprietary nautilus plugin.

If you just follow the instructions it should autostart as well.

By: newubuntu

newubuntu — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:56:20 +0000

how to run once is installed?

By: richwillal

richwillal — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:51:41 +0000

Ran into errors installing on 9.10 Ubuntu netbook remix. Errors encountered in /usr/bin/dropbox after recent update to python.

The fix was to download the dropbox binaries directly from:
http://www.getdropbox.com/download?plat=

setting platform to: lnx.x86 or lnx.x86_64

Move file to home directory if it was not downloaded to home.

Extract downloaded file using:

tar -zxvf

That should create the .dropbox-dist directory in your home directory. (Ctrl+H shows hidden files in Nautilus.)

Start Dropbox: dropbox start

It appears the download doesn’t complete correctly using the default script when running the upgraded version of Python.

HTH

By: bootlinux

bootlinux — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:37:15 +0000

Ubuntu lets you do this with 2gb for free. If you need more storage you are better off getting a hosting package from somewhere, like 1and1.

Dropbox pricing - https://www.getdropbox.com/pricing - 100 gig = $20 per mo.

1and1 pricing - http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=6478842 - 150 gig = $6.99 per mo, plus you get your own email and web.

Ubuntu pricing - https://one.ubuntu.com/ - 50 gig = $10 per mo, plus it’s built into Ubuntu 9.10, with sharing, storing Tomboy notes, and your contacts.

By: rigar

rigar — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:13:49 +0000

Give me a freaken break it is not that complicated, download the i386.deb,Backup,then upgrade to 8.10 and everyone will be happy, not so complicated DA DA

By: tivasyk

tivasyk — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:06:04 +0000

i want to be able to use dropbox with xfce/thunar without having to install the ridiculous nautilus dependencies.

until that is possible… sorry =/

By: karlzt

karlzt — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:03 +0000

what about for Kubuntu users?

By: Joewski

Joewski — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:17:08 +0000

I would not recommend installing dropbox as of this stage if you are using gnome in Ubuntu 9.04. Nautilus crashes whenever you move a file or directory from your computer to a samba server.

There is a work around but it is annoying.

By: Mitron

Mitron — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:04:04 +0000

So… Why not just use ubuntu tweak for add dropbox repository (and many others) and install it?

By: KenBW2

KenBW2 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:07:02 +0000

@Rigar:
Because adding a repository keeps Dropbox up to date - as with all other respoitory-installed apps

By: Makario Lewis

Makario Lewis — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:37:25 +0000

If you just download the .deb file from the website, it will work fine, but you won’t get updates automatically. If you do it the way that Ubuntu Geek suggests, whenever the Dropbox developers update versions, you will be notified through the standard Ubuntu Update Manager.

By: Rigar

Rigar — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:24:50 +0000

Why not just go to http://www.dropbox and download the i386.deb file

By: Jake Lishman

Jake Lishman — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:09:21 +0000

Tip:
Dropbox uses the ~/Dropbox directory by default, and backs up everything in it. This is great until you have a whole folder of documents that you want to keep constantly updated, but also filed in, say, a ~/Documents folder. A good way to keep the best of both worlds is to make a symbolic link to the folder to be backed up inside the Dropbox folder.

To do this just right-click the folder to be backed up in nautilus and hit “Make link”. Then just move this link into the Dropbox folder. Voila: real-time back ups!