Dropbox

Install Dropbox for Headless Servers

2016-12-03. Category & Tags: Dropbox, Headless, Servers

ref-DigitalOcean

Install & Run #

64 bit:

# tmux
cd ~
wget -O dropbox-linux-x86_64.tar.gz https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64 && \
sudo mkdir -p /opt/dropbox && \
sudo tar xzfv dropbox-linux-x86_64.tar.gz --strip 1 -C /opt/dropbox && \
sudo ln -s /opt/dropbox/dropboxd /usr/bin/dropboxd

dropboxd &

for 32 bit OS the url is: xxxx?plat=lnx.x86

Install Command Line Interface (CLI) [Optional] #

cd ~
sudo wget -O /usr/bin/dropbox.py https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py && \
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/dropbox.py && \
ln -s /opt/dropbox ~/.dropbox-dist && \
dropbox.py status # run CLI

see CLI usage in ref

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