Dropbox can be easily installed on every Linux Machine. In this short installation guide, I will show you how to install Dropbox on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and from sources. When you can’t find a package for your specific distribution, you do an installation from sources.
Install Dropbox on Ubuntu 12.10/12.14 and Debian 6/5:
1. Get the dropbox*.deb package:
For 64 bit versions:
$ wget https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/ubuntu/dropbox_1.4.0_amd64.deb
For 32 bit versions:
$ wget https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/ubuntu/dropbox_1.4.0_i386.deb
2. Install the downloaded package:
$ sudo dpkg -i dropbox*
Install Dropbox on Fedora 17/16:
1. Get the dropbox*.rpm package:
For 64 bit versions:
$ wget https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/fedora/nautilus-dropbox-1.4.0-1.fedora.x86_64.rpm
For 32 bit versions:
$ $ wget https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/fedora/nautilus-dropbox-1.4.0-1.fedora.i386.rpm
2. Install the downloaded package:
$ sudo rpm -i dropbox*
Install Dropbox from sources, on Linux Mint, Knoppix, openSUSE, Pinguy OS, CentOS, Scientific Linux and any other known distro:
1. Download the *dropbox*.tar.bz2 archive:
$ wget https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/nautilus-dropbox-1.4.0.tar.bz2
2. Extract the tbz archive:
$ tar xjf ./nautilus-dropbox-1.4.0.tar.bz2
3. Go to the extracted *dropbox* directory:
$ cd ./nautilus-dropbox-1.4.0
4. Configure:
$ sudo su
# ./configure
5. Compile and Install:
# make && make install