[HOW TO] Install and Integrate Dropbox with Thunar

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[HOW TO] Install and Integrate Dropbox with Thunar

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

In this article we'll see how to install Dropbox and Thunar integration in Xubuntu.

Thunar Dropbox plugin running on Xubuntu

I've tested this procedure in Xubuntu 12.04 and Xubuntu 12.10 (32 and 64 bits). It also works for the newer version of Thunar (1.5.2 at the time of this writing).

Install

Choose one of the alternatives and run the corresponding command on a terminal window:

Alternative #1 - Install both Dropbox and Thunar plugin

cd && plat=`uname -m`; if [ $plat != "x86_64" ]; then plat="x86"; deb="i386"; else deb="amd64"; fi; wget -O - "http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.$plat" | tar xzf - && wget -O dropbox-thunar-plugin.deb http://packages.crunchbang.org/waldorf/pool/main/thunar-dropbox-plugin_0.2.0-1_$deb.deb && sudo dpkg -i dropbox-thunar-plugin.deb && rm dropbox-thunar-plugin.deb && ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd  

Alternative #2 - Install only the Thunar plugin

Choose this option if you have Dropbox already installed.

cd && plat=`uname -m`; if [ $plat != "x86_64" ]; then deb="i386"; else deb="amd64"; fi; wget -O dropbox-thunar-plugin.deb http://packages.crunchbang.org/waldorf/pool/main/thunar-dropbox-plugin_0.2.0-1_$deb.deb && sudo dpkg -i dropbox-thunar-plugin.deb && rm dropbox-thunar-plugin.deb 

Alternative #3 - Install only Dropbox

Choose this option if you which to install Dropbox in Xubuntu but don't care about the Thunar integration.

cd && plat=`uname -m`; if [ $plat != "x86_64" ]; then plat="x86"; fi; wget -O - "http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.$plat" | tar xzf - && ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd  

Usage

After installing, Thunar must be restarted (killall Thunar && Thunar) for the plugin to work and Dropbox must be running. Also, you may want to add Dropbox to startup, see this and use /home/YOUR_USER/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd as the command (replace YOUR_USER with your username.

References

How To Install Dropbox In Xubuntu And Get Thunar Integration (Xfce)


http://xubuntugeek.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-to-install-and-integrate-dropbox.html