Setting up a simple Dropbox folder on antiX 8.5

These steps are taken from the cli install method given by the dropbox folks for server installs. Their instructions assume no graphical environment is available, however, I was pleasantly surprised when I ran the"dropboxd" command that a setup wizard came up and asked for my dropbox account info and allowed me to designate a folder. No nautilus required. Here's how is goes.

1. From the terminal download the dropbox linux client via. wget.
2. unpack the archive
this should unpack into the ~/.dropbox-dist folder.

3. run the client as a background process.
the first time you should get a little setup wizard. on future launches, you will not get the wizard and an icon will simply show up in your notification area. I'm using flux and it shows up in the system tray no problem.

i've since added this to my fluxbox startup folder. sinking across windows and antiX is a dream come true.

Certain right click actions are not available without the integration with nautilus and their nautilus plugin, but many of those are available from the dropbox website, especially links for publicly listed url.

The instructions here for cli may be of interest to those of you trying out the cli-only antix lifestyle as well.


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Useful thread, appears to work on 12.5 Base as well.

i've since added this to my fluxbox startup folder.

Not to appear too dense, but how do I do that exactly?

No worries!

just add the startup command from item 3 in my post above to the /.fluxbox/startup file in your home directory. I put mine in the same list as where things like wicd show up.

Got it, thanks

Thanks Dolphin_Oracle !
I am setting up my old new laptop and dropbox now work perfectly __{{emoticon}}__

No problem! I'm a dropbox junky myself, so I always have to have it working with my favorite OS, of course!

This thread is pretty old now, but the basic operations still work. I've got some updated information on my youtube channel.



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The notes below the video have some info on a cheater scripter to make clicking on the dropbox icon open up your favorite file browser instead of iceweasel.

I have antix 13.2 liveusb with fluxbox and Dropbox installed, but cannot get it to autostart. I have tried dropbox start, as instructed in the video, and dropbox start -i, the command line from Drobox in the menu, in the fluxbox autostart file, but neither works. Any suggestions?

2 quick things to check.

1. you are editing the correct startup file (fluxbox vs. icewm). silly I know, but you would be surprised....

2. in the fluxbox start up file, the last line ALWAYS has to be /exec/bin/fluxbox. If you put your dropbox start command after that link, it will never start.

3. unlike other startup commands in the fluxbox start file,"dropbox start" does NOT require and '&' after it. In fact, if you put the '&' in, dropbox will not start.

check those three things and let me know how it goes.

thanks.

d.o.

Thank you, d.o. #2 was the problem.

Re #3: When I initially was trying to solve the autostart problem after installing and setting up dropbox, I tried"dropbox start" in terminal and it gave me the dropbox setup window which I closed. I then clicked on dropbox in the internet menu and the icon appeared in the toolbar. So then I tried adding"dropbox start -i", the command for the dropbox icon in the menu, with"&" to the fluxbox startup file below the fluxbox link, which per your explanation did not work. After reading #2 and not thinking about #3, I moved that command without deleting the"&" above the fluxbox link and it works. Too long a description, but my point is that"dropbox start -i &" does work. Does it have something to do with the"-i"?

it must, because I just confirmed your finding on my test box. interesting. I picked up the"dropbox start" from the dropbox company's instructions at the time. I never checked the menu entry to see what it was running.

what's interesting is that the -i is supposed to autoinstall the daemon if its not otherwise available, and"dropbox start" just starts the daemon.

you can check out"man dropbox" from the cli to read a little more about it.

Thanks again for your help, d.o. I changed the command in fluxbox autostart file to"dropbox start" and all is well.

Great tutorial, got my dropbox up and running in a jiffy!

i've got a video up on my channel with a trick for making clicking on the dropbox icon open up your filemanager of choice.

the trick is toward the end.