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Dropbox

Dropbox is a file sharing system that recently introduced a GNU/Linux client. Use it to transparently sync files across computers and architectures. Simply drop files into your "~/Dropbox" folder, and they will automatically sync to your centralized repository.

Installation

dropbox can be installed from the repo.

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# pacman-g2 -S dropbox

After installing the package, you can start Dropbox from your application menu or run "dropboxd" from the command-line.

The client icon will appear in the system tray. Eventually a popup will ask you to login to your Dropbox account, or start a new one. Enter your credentials. After some time you will see a "Welcome to Dropbox" popup, which will give you the opportunity to view a short tour of Dropbox. Press the "Finish and go to My Dropbox".


  • For integration with nautilus, install nautilus-dropbox. The nautilus plugin will start dropbox automatically.

Then use:

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$ dropbox start -i
  • For KDE users, there is KDE client available: kfilebox.
  • For XFCE users, there is XFCE client available: thunar-dropbox.


Alternative to install: use the web interface

If all you need is basic access to the files in a dropbox, you can use the web interface at http://dropbox.com to upload and download files to your dropbox. This can be a viable alternative to running a dropbox daemon and mirroring all the files on your own machine.

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