Installing Dropbox in Ubuntu 8.10

Step by step:

cp /etc/apt/sources.list sources.list.bak
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Paste the following at the bottom of the file (for 8.04 change intrepid to hardy):

deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox
killall nautilus

For Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

* (cp /etc/apt/sources.list sources.list.bak ; cat sources.list.bak ; echo “deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main” ; echo “deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main”) > sources.list.done && sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list sources.list.bak && sudo mv sources.list.done /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox && killall nautilus

Haha… went a little overboard here, don’t know what I was thinking. Don’t drink and linux!

A blue box icon should appear in the icon tray, right click and choose “Start Dropbox” to login or create an account and choose where the Dropbox folder will reside.

(Update for Hardy Heron) – My work test machine was installed originally as 8.04, so I changed the above to match:

* (cp /etc/apt/sources.list sources.list.bak ; cat sources.list.bak ; echo “deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu hardy main” ; echo “deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu hardy main”) > sources.list.done && sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list sources.list.bak && sudo mv sources.list.done /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox && killall nautilus

Worked fine. =)

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