Install DropBox on Ubuntu 16.04 'Xenial Xerus' and Linux Mint 15 'Sarah'
Dropbox is a free graphical application that lets users to browse and upload files that are stored on their Dropbox account. Dropbox, as a company, is a free and commercial file hosting service. These days, storing files on a cloud service is no longer the subject of science-fiction books, as there are numerous companies that offer such services, and Dropbox happens to be one of the first of its kind to deliver a Linux client.
Access your files from anywhere
With Dropbox, you will be able to sign in and access your files from any web browser or mobile device. Sharing files with your friends and family is just two clicks away, as well as viewing your photos in a gallery. The bad thing about the Dropbox client for Linux is that new and inexperienced users have no idea that the downloads offered on the official website for Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora Linux distributions are very old (version 1.6.0 at the time of writing this short review), while the latest version is 2.x.
Install DropBox on Ubuntu 16.04 'Xenial Xerus' and Linux Mint 15 'Sarah'
The Dropbox daemon works fine on all 32-bit and 64-bit Linux servers. To install, run the following command in your Linux terminal.
ubuntu 32-bit:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -
Ubuntu 64-bit:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -
Next, run the Dropbox daemon from the newly created .dropbox-dist folder.
~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxdIf you're running Dropbox on your server for the first time, you'll be asked to copy and paste a link in a working browser to create a new account or add your server to an existing account. Once you do, your Dropbox folder will be created in your home directory. Download this Python script to control Dropbox from the command line. For easy access, put a symlink to the script anywhere in your PATH.
After installation is completed, copy your file to backup on Dropbox Folder on /Home/Dropbox
