Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@mahendrapaipuri
Created July 19, 2023 07:22
Show Gist options
  • Select an option

  • Save mahendrapaipuri/d3068a31cff95537f033fc0e700d6621 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.

Select an option

Save mahendrapaipuri/d3068a31cff95537f033fc0e700d6621 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Setting up dropbox on linux without root privileges
#!/bin/bash
# Get dropbox.py file
wget -O $HOME/dropbox.py http://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py
# Setup dropbox. Use DISPLAY='' env var to set it up without GUI
# Else we will need to install a lot of GUI related stack
DISPLAY='' python3 $HOME/dropbox.py start -i
# Finally start dropbox
python3 $HOME/dropbox.py start
# Make Dropbox start at login
python3 $HOME/dropbix.py autostart y
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment