That’s it! I hope this tutorial helped you install Dropbox on a headless Ubuntu server.
Now you can restart your Ubuntu server and check if auto-start is working. Restart it with: sudo systemctl restart dropbox You can stop it with: sudo systemctl stop dropbox Hint: If the above command doesn’t quit immediately, you can press the Q key to make it quit. sudo systemctl enable dropboxĬheck its status. Then we can start this service by running: sudo systemctl start dropboxĪnd enable auto-start at system boot time. If it runs as root user, then files in ~/Dropbox will not sync properly. We want Dropbox to run as a standard user instead of root, so replace username with your real username. To make Dropbox start at system boot time, we can create a systemd service unit. The Dropbox sync folder appears in your home directory. Once the link is complete, return to the terminal window and press Ctrl+C to temporarily stop Dropbox daemon because it by default runs in the foreground and you can’t run other commands. This computer isn't linked to any Dropbox account.Ĭopy and paste the link in your web browser, log into your Dropbox account and click the Connect button to link your Ubuntu server with your Dropbox account. It will ask you to visit a web address in order to link your Ubuntu server with your Dropbox account. sudo apt install libc6 libglapi-mesa libxdamage1 libxfixes3 libxcb-glx0 libxcb-dri2-0 libxcb-dri3-0 libxcb-present0 libxcb-sync1 libxshmfence1 libxxf86vm1 It will be saved as .Ĭreate a directory in /opt and extract Dropbox to /opt/dropbox/. Then download Dropbox using the following command. Install Dropbox on Ubuntu Serverįirst, SSH into your Ubuntu Server. The following steps work all current Ubuntu versions, including Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04. This tutorial will show you how to install Dropbox on a headless Ubuntu server to backup and sync files and also how to enable Dropbox to auto-start at boot time.
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