At least, here's what worked for me.
First, go to the Dropbox web site. Download the package that says 'compile from source.' Once it is downloaded, use the archive manager to extract it to wherever you want it.
Next go to the terminal. Here's what I did (as root):
apt-get install libnautilus-extension-dev
apt-get install python-docutils
Once those packages are installed, make sure you are in the Dropbox folder that you extracted. Still in terminal:
./configure
make
make install
Then you type the following to start Dropbox:
dropbox start -i
Works great. I still need to modify a file in Fluxbox to get it to run Dropbox automatically upon boot.
How to install Dropbox on Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox
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Re: How to install Dropbox on Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox
Thank you very much!
If you are a newbie like me and have trouble extracting the 'nautilus-dropbox-0.6.3.tar.bz2' file, then try:
$ tar -xjf nautilus-dropbox-0.6.3.tar.bz2
Beside that, it seems to be working just perfect. Now I just need to find that fluxbox config file too, to make it start when fluxbox starts
If you are a newbie like me and have trouble extracting the 'nautilus-dropbox-0.6.3.tar.bz2' file, then try:
$ tar -xjf nautilus-dropbox-0.6.3.tar.bz2
Beside that, it seems to be working just perfect. Now I just need to find that fluxbox config file too, to make it start when fluxbox starts
Re: How to install Dropbox on Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox
I have fixed the mint-dropbox package. Hopefully the update will be out in a day or so. This should provide an easier alternative for those wanting Dropbox on systems that don't have nautilus or any of it's dependencies.
Re: How to install Dropbox on Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox
I realize that this thread is a bit old; however, I'm actually really glad I came across this thread. However, I did just one thing different. I downloaded and extracted the 64 bit Ubuntu version of dropbox. Post extraction, I found via the install GUI that I was missing python-docutils. I, myself merely utilized Steerpikes method of
apt-get install python-docutils
Which nicely resolved the issue for myself.
apt-get install python-docutils
Which nicely resolved the issue for myself.