Dropbox install on #! statler amd64

As much as I wish there was a free-alternative that worked as well--Dropbox is a key application for me to work between multiple devices.

The directions in the #! wiki didn't work for my new Statler amd64 install. So here's a little work around...

Download Squeeze / Testing package
You can get a squeeze-compiled deb package at  http://cddesjardins.wordpress.com/2010/ … g-squeeze/. Thanks to the original poster for this!

Install
Install the package via gdebi. It will come with lots of dependencies--so prehaps not wonderful if you want a really light install. You can probably get by using dpkg in terminal and adding options like --no-recommends, in order to cut down on non-essiential.

Add the autostart code to openbox autostart.sh

# Just in case some random app calls on Nautilus, lets set some safeguards to minimise the impact:
# Disable Nautilus desktop, because we really really do not want it!
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false &
# Do not let Nautilus set the background, because we really really do not want this either.
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/background/draw_background false &
# Make Nautilus use spatial mode, should start-up quicker.
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser false &
# Make Nautilus show the advanced permissions dialog -- if it has to start, lets at least make it usable :) 
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_advanced_permissions true &

This is the same code as the wiki, but there is no last line to start the deamon. This seems to automatically be added in the package installed above.

Add script to start file manager instead of nautilus
from the earlier wiki...

touch ~/bin/nautilus && chmod +x ~/bin/nautilus && gedit ~/bin/nautilus &

and then (for thunar) add this text to the file

#!/bin/bash
exec thunar $@
exit 0

Save the file and exit.

At this point I'd log out and then back in to make sure this preferences are set. Else you risk nautilus trying to take over your desktop.

Install the daemon
Open up a terminal and run

sudo dropbox start -i 

This installs the necessary daemon and should start up the configuration process.

This is still very hackish and will need refinement. Please feel free to give feedback as necessary and I'll try to update the post as necessary.

Last edited by jmbarnes (2010-04-30 19:47:29)