dropbox installation

[frapelli]

I downloaded dropbox (nautilus-dropbox_0.7.1_amd64.deb) from Dropbox site, but when I try to install it, i get error message:

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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-dropbox:
nautilus-dropbox depends on libnautilus-extension1 (>= 2.30); however:
 Package libnautilus-extension1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing nautilus-dropbox (--install)

"libnautilus-extension1a 3.2.1-3" is installed. What's wrong?

Thanks

[towo]

libnautilus-extension1 != libnautilus-extension1a

Seems, that package is for ubuntu or debian stable.

[michaaa62]

nautilus-dropbox is in the non-free repos, you may install that via apt-get, if the repo is enabled.

[Lanzi]

I liked the old installation way of Dropbox, now they do it with a script. I didn't even know there are deb now...
If they are Debian, they may be better.
if not try the "old" way:

from: http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/TextBasedLinuxInstall

Step-by-step version

login as user!

  1. Log in to your Linux server so you obtain a shell prompt, and change to your home directory.

     cd  

  2. a. Stable 32-bit:
         *

           wget -O dropbox.tar.gz "http://www.dropbox.com/download/?plat=lnx.x86"  

         * Stable 64-bit:

           wget -O dropbox.tar.gz "http://www.dropbox.com/download/?plat=lnx.x86_64"  

  3. Sanity check to make sure we're not going to clog our home directory.

     tar -tzf dropbox.tar.gz  

  4. Extract

     tar -xvzf dropbox.tar.gz

  5. Make sure the LANG environment variable is set to something other than NULL, e.g. en_US.iso88591. If it is NULL, you'll get a cryptic error.
  6.

     Run dropboxd:

     ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd  

  7. You should see output like this:

     This client is not linked to any account... Please visit https://www.dropbox.com/cli_link?host_id=7d44a557aa58f285f2da0x67334d02c1 to link this machine.  

  8.

     <!> dropboxd will create a ~/Dropbox folder and start synchronizing it after this step! Go to the URL given; you should see a success message at the top of your screen.

[cid-baba]

the nautilus-dropbox out of non-free michaaa62 mentioned wokrs fine here, i've used it for more than a year now and there are no problems with it

[se7en]

apt-get install nautilus-dropbox is all you need and it works fine.

[axel668]

yes same here, just do apt-get