As you may know, Dropbox is a popular cloud storage service, having clients on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. The latest client available is Dropbox 2.8.2, which has been recently released, coming with a bunch of new features including: notification when the hard drive gets full and a new icon in the tray popup.
In this article I will show you how to install Dropbox 2.8.2 on the most popular Linux systems, including: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia and OpenMandriva.
Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Dropbox 2.8.2 on 32 bit Linux systems:
$ cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -
To run dropbox, do:
$ ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
How to install Dropbox 2.8.2 on 64 bit Linux systems:
$ cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -
To run dropbox, do:
$ ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd