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Hi All,

Just installed Nadia XFCE on my Netbook a couple of hours ago, and I'm currently in the process of setting it up the way I want it. On my to do list is Dropbox, but when trying to install it (through terminal) I get a message saying that nemo-dropbox will get installed instead, and along with it (among others) Cinnamon, ubuntu One (?!?!), UNity (?!?!*10)

Is that really necessary? Here I was - thinking that I'd get a decently (by Mint standards) lean install, and then I get a lot of other stuff added on top?
- Don't misunderstand me. I do like Cinnamon - it is my preferred DE on our three desktop computers, but that is because I choose to run it. I cust don't want all that extra "topping" in my netbook.

Right now it looks like I'll go back to Maya, or - if time permits - maybe pick up my little project of setting up my own mintified Nadia LXDE instead...

hi there is a way to do what you want in xfce here's a page it's for xubuntu but should work for mint as well.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/how-to-i ... u-and.html

Yes, Rod's advise is best, follow the Dropbox website instructions.
*** AS a normal USER *** for a command line install
===============================================
Install Dropbox via command line
The Dropbox daemon works fine on all 32-bit and 64-bit Linux servers.
To install, run the following command in your Linux terminal.
32-bit:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -

for 64-bit, change the platform from "lnx.x86" to ."lnx.x86_64"

Next, run the Dropbox daemon from the newly created .dropbox-dist folder.
~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd

You *still* have to use the following:
"Menu > Settings > Session & Startup > Application Autostart" to autostart Dropbox at boot.
and then create a link there to:
"/home/your-user-name/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd"
to start the Dropbox daemon at boot.

And Thanks to steveplatz for correcting .dropboxd --> dropboxd
Last edited by RichardH on 13 Apr 2013.

Just install nautilus and nautilus-dropbox via synaptic ?

Then set nautilus as the default file manager in xfce settings > prefered apps > utilities > file manager

Hasn't given me any problems in mint 13 or 14 xfce.

RichardH wrote: Subsequent installs have shown that only the following is necessary. Using your user name, insert the following:

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/home/YourUserName/.dropbox-dist/.dropboxd 

into "Menu > Settings > Session & Startup > Application Autostart" to autostart Dropbox at boot time.

You can run the same command in a console or reboot to make sure the autostart is working.

Just so it's not confusing for some, the daemon is just rather than (no preceeding period). Many will figure this out for themselves, I'm sure, just look for the daemon

Lets not make too much of this, just go to https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx same link as above then down load the ubuntu 32bit deb https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=pac ... 0_i386.deb

Double click on the deb once downloaded and it'll install the dropbox software and it should also make it autostart.