Step-by-step – Box.com Client Lubuntu 20.04 Installation

Installing

2. 2. Installing Requirement

   Install Required Package:

   sudo apt install davfs2

3. 3. Making Target

   Make the Box Sync Directory
   Simply with:

   mkdir $HOME/Box

4. 4. Downloading

   Downloading Box Sync Linux Client

   Box Sync Linux .zip

   Box.com Sync Client for Linux

How to Install DropBox for Lubuntu Linux:
Dropbox Lubuntu.

5. 5. Extracting

   Extract Box .zip Archive
   Here for a Local installation we Extract it into Home:

   unzip -d $HOME/ $HOME/Downloads/box*.zip

   If No Unzip then first:

   sudo apt install unzip

   Or if you prefeer Double-Click/Right-Click and Open with Archive Manager.

6. 6. Setting Up

   Now to Install box.com Sync Client on Lubuntu
   
   First, Access the Target:

   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

   And Set the Credentials with:

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

   Again Set the Target Url:

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

   Simply Change [MYEMAIL], [MYPASSWORD], and [MYUSERNAME] with yours.

   Finally, possibly to Change the Box Sync Directory Edit the Config File:

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

   Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor.