How to Install Box.com Sync Client on Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa LTS Step-by-Step Easy Guide

March 8, 2016 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Getting Started with box.com Client for Mint Linux

You are Welcome, this tutorial shows you step-by-step How to Install a box.com Synchronization/Uploading “Naive” Client on Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa LTS Mate/Cinnamon/Kde/Xfce desktop.

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To the box.com Client Installation Guide for Linux Mint there is also Link to Getting Installed DropBox on Mint Linux.

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Open a Command Line Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
Install Required Package:
```
sudo su -c "apt-get install davfs2"
```
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
Download Box Sync Linux Mint Client

Box Sync Linux .zip

Box Sync Linux
Make the Box Sync Directory:
```
mkdir $HOME/Box
```
Extract Box .zip Archive:
```
unzip -d $HOME/ $HOME/Downloads/box*.zip
```
But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.

Installing box.com Sync Client:

cd $HOME/box-linux-sync-master/bin

Then amend the Script with the nano Editor:

nano ./box-sync

And Change the First line in:

#!/usr/bin/python2

Last, Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor.
And then run the Installation Script:

sudo python2 ./setup.py install

Update Credentials

echo "https://dav.box.com/dav [MYEMAIL] [MYPASSWORD]" > /home/[MYUSERNAME]/.davfs/secrets

Update Url

sudo sh -c 'echo "https://dav.box.com/dav /home/[MYUSERNAME]/Box davfs _netdev,rw,user 0 0" >> /etc/fstab'

To Change the Box Sync Directory Edit Config File

nano $HOME/.noiselabs/box/box-sync.cfg

To Start Syncronization of Box Directory with box.com Cloud:
```
./box-sync start
```
This need to be Done Before Starting to Put New Stuff into Box Dir…
To Uploading New Stuff into box.com Cloud:
```
sudo cp /[path/2]/FILE1 $HOME/Box/
```
All the Stuff you put on the Box Dir is Automatically Uploaded into the box.com Account.
To Stop Synchronization of Box Directory with box.com Cloud:
```
./box-sync stop
```