Dropbox repository for Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13

Installing Dropbox on Ubuntu based Linux is now made easy. Now, we can add the Dropbox repository to Ubuntu and start installing Dropbox using apt-get command. This method applied to Ubuntu based Linux such as Linux Mint, Deepin Linux, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Pear Linux and many others.

To add Dropbox repository to Ubuntu, you can follow these steps.

Open Terminal and paste this command to add the Dropbox public key to your system

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5044912E

Now paste this command to add the repo

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main"

Now we can start installing Dropbox using command

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

Now enjoy Dropbox service on your Ubuntu Linux.