Hello Linux Geeksters. As you already know, Dropbox is a service that allows users to store their data on the internet, in order to use it later. And it comes with a client, for syncronising the folders from the remote server with ones from the local computer.
The latest version available is Dropbox 2.4.1, which has been released a today. For the Linux Platform, it brings only a few fixes. For more information, see the official changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install Dropbox 2.4.1 on the most popular Linux systems. Since the instructions above are generical, they work on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pear OS, Debian, Pear OS, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, ROSA Desktop, Arch Linux and many others.
Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Dropbox 2.4.1 on 32 bit systems:
$ cd ~
$ wget -c dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/dropbox-lnx.x86-2.4.1.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf dropbox-lnx.x86-2.4.1.tar.gz
$ cd ~/.dropbox-dist
$ sudo chmod +x dropboxd
$ ./dropboxd
How to install Dropbox 2.4.1 on 64 bit systems:
$ cd ~
$ wget -c dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-2.4.1.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf dropbox-lnx.x86_64-2.4.1.tar.gz
$ cd ~/.dropbox-dist
$ sudo chmod +x dropboxd
$ ./dropboxd