Step-by-step – DropBox on Installation in Debian Buster

Installing

2. 2. Downloading DropBox

   Download Latest DropBox Package for Debian

   DropBox .deb Debian Package

   Dropbox Debian

3. 3. Setting Up GDebi

   Check/Install GDebi Package Installer

   which gdebi

   If not there then:

   sudo apt-get install gdebi gdebi-core

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

4. 4. Accessing Target

   Access the Target location
   (Usually Downloads go in the Home folder or when Downloaded with Firefox may be into the Temporary directory /tmp/mozilla*)

   cd ~/Downloads

   Or when downloaded with Firefox maybe:

   cd /tmp/mozilla*

   To Verify that it’s there List the contents with:

   ls . | grep dropbox

   The grep Command Refine the output List showing only the entries Matching the Keyword.
   (But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.)

5. 4. Installing DropBox

   Install DropBox Package for Debian

   sudo gdebi ./dropbox*.deb

   Finally, to Install Additional GPG Verify Package (Optional):

   sudo apt install python3-gpg

6. 5. Getting Started

   Getting-Started with DropBox on Linux

   DropBox Linux Quick Start

   Dropbox First, Steps