Installing Dropbox on Linux Mint 6 (Ubuntu 8.10)

I have returned a very brief entry on Dropbox on 12 December 2008. I thought I will write up how I install the Dropbox on Linux Mint which is the Desktop of choice for me.

Step 1: Add the Dropbox repository to the Linux Mint package source file. The most suitable place in my opinion will be the application specific setup list ie /etc/apt/source.list.d/dropbox.list

# cd /etc/apt/source.list.d/
# touch dropbox.list
# vim dropbox.list

Go to http://www.getdropbox.com/download and cut and paste the repository information for Ubuntu 8.10 into /etc/apt/source.list.d/dropbox.list

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

Step 2: Update the Repository
# apt-get update


Step 3: Install Dropbox
# apt-get install nautilus-dropbox


Step 4: Restart Nautilus to start Dropbox
# killall nautilus

Step 5: Menu > Applications > Dropbox
The rest is as straight-forward as you can get.

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Free Online Storage which provide 1GB of free space. It has client programs for uploading, syncing between different computers, independent of the OS. Pretty neat and interact with the Client Desktop quite seamlessly.

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