Reinstall Ubuntu

Dropbox

1. In terminal

     cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -
     ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
   

2. Add Dropbox command to Preferences/Startup Applications in main Ubuntu menu:

     /home/jeff/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
   

   (Not sure this works)

3. This does. in /etc/init.d/ create a file dropbox and populate with:

   #!/bin/sh
   ### BEGIN INIT INFO
   # Provides:          dropbox
   # Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
   # Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
   # Should-Start:      $network $time $local_fs
   # Should-Stop:       $network $time $local_fs
   # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
   # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
   # Short-Description: dropbox - file synchronization daemon
   # Description:       Dropbox is a Web-based file hosting service operated by
   #                    Dropbox, Inc. that uses cloud storage to enable users to store and share files
   #                    and folders with others across the Internet using file synchronization
   ### END INIT INFO
   
   DROPBOX_USERS="dropbox"
   
   DAEMON=.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
   
   # dropbox shouldn't try to connect to X server
   unset DISPLAY
   
   start() {
       echo "Starting dropbox..."
       for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
           HOMEDIR=`getent passwd $dbuser | cut -d: -f6`
           if [ ! -f $HOMEDIR/.dropbox/info.json ]; then
               echo "$dbuser is not linked to a dropbox account yet.  Cannot start dropbox."
               continue
           fi
           if [ -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON ]; then
               HOME="$HOMEDIR" start-stop-daemon -b -o -c $dbuser -S -u $dbuser -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON
           fi
       done
   }
   
   stop() {
       echo "Stopping dropbox..."
       for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
           HOMEDIR=`getent passwd $dbuser | cut -d: -f6`
           if [ -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON ]; then
               start-stop-daemon -o -c $dbuser -K -u $dbuser -x `/bin/ls -1 $HOMEDIR/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.*/dropbox`
           fi
       done
   }
   
   status() {
       for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
           dbpid=`pgrep -u $dbuser dropbox`
           if [ -z $dbpid ] ; then
               echo "dropboxd for USER $dbuser: not running."
               exit 1
           else
               echo "dropboxd for USER $dbuser: running (pid $dbpid)"
               exit 0
           fi
       done
   }
   
   case "$1" in
   
       start)
           start
           ;;
   
       stop)
           stop
           ;;
   
       restart|reload|force-reload)
           stop
           start
           ;;
   
       status)
           status
           ;;
   
       *)
           echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/dropbox {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|status}"
           exit 1
   
   esac
   
   exit 0
   

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