For this exercise, I have copied a 5MB file to the Dropbox folder to sync to my Dropbox account. Dropbox folder is located in home→ Dropbox. To start selective sync with Dropbox, select the files that you wish to sync from your PC and put them in the Dropbox folder. This is where you can make preferred changes including language, bandwidth, proxy, notifications and sync. To customize Dropbox settings, click on the icon at the task bar and select preferences. You will notice Dropbox icon added to your taskbar as seen below How to customize Dropbox desktop app on Linux Mint 21Įnsure that Dropbox is started by clicking on its icon or by running the below command on your Linux Mint terminal. You should see your Dropbox web account as shown. To access the files stored in Dropbox, go to Dropbox folder in home→ DropboxĬlick continue to Dropbox to open Dropbox web application. You should the ‘ your computer was successfully linked’ if you provided the correct credentials. Provide your account details and click sign in. The installation will complete and you will be prompted to enter your login credentials to connect to Dropbox. Click OK to continueĭropbox installer will start downloading Dropbox daemon and installs.

Upon clicking on Dropbox, it will prompt you to install Dropbox daemon. Once installation is complete, Dropbox icon should be added to your applications under internet. Now install Dropbox by running the command as shown. First update your apt packages using the below command sudo apt update In this guide, we are going to be installing Dropbox on Linux Mint using command line.

In this guide, we are going to look at how to install Dropbox on Linux Mint 21. Other similar applications include Nextcloud, OneDrive and Google Drive among others. Dropbox offers a free version that allows users to subscribe to 2GB storage and pro paid version which you can specify the amount of storage you need. It provides a client application for PCs and mobiles that are used to sync files and folders from the local machines to the cloud storage. Dropbox is a web-based application for storing and sharing files and folders.

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