Dropbox is my favorite online storage solution. Here’s how to install it on Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid

  1. Add the Dropbox repository for Ubuntu package source file. I use /etc/apt/source.list.d/dropbox.list file.

deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main<br /> deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main

Either manually add the lines above to the /etc/apt/source.list.d/dropbox.list file or run the commands below to do the same.

root@dingo:~# echo "deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list<br /> root@dingo:~# echo "deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list<br /> root@dingo:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list

  1. Update your packages list. Run “apt-get update”.

root@dingo:~# apt-get update<br /> .............<br /> ...........<br /> .............<br /> Ign http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid Release.gpg<br /> Ign http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid/main Translation-en_US<br /> Ign http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid Release<br /> Ign http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid/main Packages<br /> Ign http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid/main Sources<br /> Get:1 http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid/main Packages [622B]<br /> Get:2 http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid/main Sources [537B]<br /> .................<br /> ..............<br /> Fetched 1160B in 59s (20B/s)<br /> Reading package lists... Done

  1. Install Dropbox
    <br /> root@dingo:~# apt-get install nautilus-dropbox

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Setting up nautilus-dropbox (0.5.0-1) …

  1. Restart nautilus to start Dropbox. You will see a new Dropbox icon in your system tray. Right click on it and select “start dropbox”. The daemon will download the binaries required and start the registration process.

root@dingo:~# killall nautilus

That’s it. Enjoy this get service.

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