Dropbox in KDE (Linux)

by Dread Knight on Jul.21, 2009, under Planet KDE

Dropbox on Linux/KDE without Gnome/GTK+ stuff

This is a guide for how to set up dropbox under (linux) KDE4, without having to install nautilus and other Gnome/GTK+ dependencies to bloat your system, by running the Dropbox daemon. It’s not a perfect KDE4 integration by any means, but it will show you the tray icon and seameslly syncronize your ~/Dropbox folder.

Just gnomes...

1. Get the source Linux files:

2. Extract the files in your home directory

Extract files to your home folder

3. Go to “System Settings”

Press Alt + F2 for Krunner launcher and type in "System settings"

4. Go to “Advanced/Autostart”

Go to "Advanced/Autostart"

5. Click “Add Script…” and paste this path “/home/username/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd” into the dialog box, make sure you change “username” with your own, then click “OK”.

Add Script...

6. When you log into your session again, the Dropbox icon will appear in your tray.

Dropbox daemon running.

Enjoy sharing files across different computers with your buddies!

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Maverickmeerkat

i don't see " copy public link " did i miss something?
Maxmingus

Works perfectly. Couldn't be easier. Thanks for the great tutorial!
Greg Celibataire

To be original : thanx for the post! Useful and well explained
Derek D.

Thanks for the tip! Dead easy and works like a charm!
janfi

Sorry for the repetition but... Dropbox works great under KDE following your instructions. Thanks !
:-)
Kyle Williams

Thanks! I was halfway through downloading nautilus when I found this post...works well!
Dread Knight

No problem :-)
mths

looks good, is this tray-icon going to give me any feedback/interaction possibilities?
Dread Knight

Yeah, it will show when your dropbox is full, not syncing, synchronizing, you'll have pop-ups/notifications and be able to open the folder... pretty much just like in gnome or windows/mac.
volt4ire

works great; thanks for helping me move to bliss that is KDE!
1 word of caution/advice: in step 5, when you enter the script/line "/home/dread/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd", replace "dread" with your username.
Dread Knight

You're right :-) Thanks for the feedback.
KDE ftw!
danny

Thanks for this, very helpul though a wee bit complex to get my head round.
And I LOVE the gnomes. Where did you find them?!
Dread Knight

Glad you find it useful!

The gnomes are a little something I put together from using other images, just for the kicks of it :-) (I was trolling against Gnome/GTK+ at the time...)