Howto: Install Dropbox on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Beta
UPDATE:Ubuntu 9.10 has been released and so has an official .deb install file for Dropbox, updated Howto HERE.
UPDATE: I reposted this guide seeing as there's no need for it here: Howto: Compile Dropbox from Source on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
As of yet the dropbox team haven't released a .deb file for Ubuntu 9.10 (32/64 bit), I'm sure they'll release one by the time 9.10 is released, but I can't wait that long. So what we're basically going to do here is compile it from source, it's not all that scary...
Step 1
Download the source files from here www.getdropbox.com/downloading and unzip it (right click and "Extract Here").
Note: If you don't have a dropbox account sign-up for one here
Step 2
We now need to install the dependencies in order to build our install files from source.
Open up your Terminal and type:
sudo apt-get install libnautilus-extension-dev libnotify-dev python-docutils
Follow the prompts and it should a a few minutes to download and install everything.
Step 3
Navigate to where you created your /nautilus-dropbox folder (it'll probably have a version number after it) in the Terminal, in my case:
cd /Downloads/nautilus-dropbox-0.6.1/
Step 4
Once inside type the following commands into your Terminal:
./configure
make
sudo make install
Run each command one after another, they'll run for just a couple of seconds each.
Step 5
After installing it simply log out and log back into your system, navigate to Applications → Internet → Dropbox, click “OK” and it'll download and install the daemon and then prompt you for your dropbox details.
As you can see it's a pretty easy install and it's been working great for me!
If you have any questions, comments or tips, please leave a comment below.
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October 5th, 2009 - 15:30
Or you can just use their Jaunty PPA until Karmic is released, and then switch the PPA to Karmic.
October 5th, 2009 - 15:31
Also, if you stlil want to build the latest version, at least use checkinstall instead of make install, so the package is still installed in apt.