Install DropBox on CentOS Linux

If your computer has direct internet connection

1. Download the rpms for Fedora from dropbox.com:
   • 32 bit:

     wget -c https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/fedora/nautilus-dropbox-1.6.0-1.fedora.i386.rpm

   • 64 bit:

     wget -c https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/fedora/nautilus-dropbox-1.6.0-1.fedora.x86_64.rpm

2. Install the rpm:

   sudo rpm -Uvh nautilus-dropbox-1.6.0-1.fedora.*.rpm

3. Select Applications->Internet->DropBox from the system menu to download and install dropbox.
4. Fix the yum repository error. Installing the rpm above will, however, cause the yum update fail:

   $ sudo yum update
   Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
   Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
    * base: centos.mirror.uber.com.au
    * extras: centos.mirror.crucial.com.au
    * updates: centos.mirror.serversaustralia.com.au
   http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/6/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found"
   Trying other mirror.
   Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: Dropbox. Please verify its path and try again
    

   
   To fix the error:
   

   sudo vim /etc/yum.repos.d/dropbox.repo

     [Dropbox]  
     name=Dropbox Repository
     #baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/$releasever/
     baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/19/  
     gpgkey=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/rpm-public-key.asc
    

If you computer is behind proxy or firewall

You need to download and install DropBox via Command Line:

1. Download and extract DropBox into your home directory:
   • 32 bit:

     cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -
     

   • 64 bit:

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

2. Run the Dropbox daemon from the newly created .dropbox-dist folder.

   ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd &