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Many colleges and universities now even offer file hosting service subscriptions to students for free-until they graduate. It’s easy to accidentally lose access to a sync service where you might be keeping files or images that no longer live on your computer. The difference between backing up and syncing is that syncing your data will not protect it from these risks. If you’re reading this post, you probably already know that data is always at risk of loss to accidental deletion, system updates, or even if you forget your password and get locked out of your account. With that you should be able to control the Dropbox client just fine.If you’ve ever told an IT professional that you’re using Dropbox to back up files and were greeted with a side eye and a stifled “well, actually…” it’s because Dropbox isn’t actually a backup. You'll want to do this after you install the client: sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/dropbox.py

Realized there's a link in the last paragraph to a python script to help you control Dropbox. For easy access, put a symlink to the script anywhere in your PATH.

Download this Python script to control Dropbox from the command line. Once you do, your Dropbox folder will be created in your home directory. If you're running Dropbox on your server for the first time, you'll be asked to copy and paste a link in a working browser to create a new account or add your server to an existing account. Next, run the Dropbox daemon from the newly created. To install, run the following command in your Linux terminal.

The Dropbox daemon works fine on all 32-bit and 64-bit Linux servers. Below are the instructions from their websiteĭropbox Headless Install via command line Headless means it can be installed on a server and doesn't require a GUI. There is actually a headless Dropbox client.