Posts: 75
M_Mynaardt
Joined: 11 Jul 2011
#1
Hi again!

Are there any less-than-obvious tricks for installing Dropbox onto an antiX machine?

I've downloaded the deb file (dropbox_2015.10.28_amd64.deb) from the Dropbox page.

Should I do the install through the terminal instead?
Or can I just use $ sudo dpkg dropbox_2015.10.28_amd64 instead?

Thanks in advance.
Richard
Posts: 22
Richard
Joined: 15 Jan 2008
#2
I've been using the Headless install for years.
Don't remember why?

I have a fresh test install of antiX161 and I'm downloading the Dropbox 32 bit deb now.
If my attempt at changing to follow testing doesn't break it completely,
will advise tomorrow.
Posts: 75
M_Mynaardt
Joined: 11 Jul 2011
#3
I got it working.
Installing Dropbox from the menu worked fine.
Needed a nudge or two in the right direction (from skidoo) to figure out how to make it autostart.

I added this to ~/.desktop-session/startup

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# To start running dropbox by default
dropbox start -i &
I had to look in /usr/bin/share/applications/dropbox.desktop
For some reason, if you type $ dropbox --help in the CLI, the help text does not show either"start" nor"'i".

But, once I did that, Dropbox starts up automatically as it should! Hooray!
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