Debian

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 -

Next, run the Dropbox daemon from the newly created .dropbox-dist folder.

~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd

Ubuntu如果出错

1. cd ~ && wget -O - "http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -
2. --2012-05-14 08:53:48--  http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86
3. Resolving www.dropbox.com... 199.47.217.171, 199.47.216.170, 199.47.216.171, ...
4. Connecting to www.dropbox.com|199.47.217.171|:80... connected.
5. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 FOUND
6. Location: https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86 [following]
7. --2012-05-14 08:53:48--  https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86
8. Connecting to www.dropbox.com|199.47.217.171|:443... connected.
9. ERROR: cannot verify www.dropbox.com's certificate, issued by `/C=US/O=Thawte, Inc./CN=Thawte SSL CA':
10.   Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
11. To connect to www.dropbox.com insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'.
12. gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
13. tar: Child returned status 1
14. tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

使用以下指令安装

32-bit:

cd ~ && wget -O - http://www.dropbox.com/download/?plat=lnx.x86 --no-check-certificate | tar xzf -

64-bit:

cd ~ && wget -O - https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64 --no-check-certificate | tar xzf -