Running Dropbox on Linux desktops in DSS
Dropbox is installed on all Department of Statistical Science Linux desktops running Scientific Linux 6 or newer. To use it, you have to have start the dropbox deamon on your desktop machine so that it can sync your local Dropbox folder to your account.
Getting Started with Dropbox
The first time you start dropbox on your DSS Linux desktop you run it like this:
$ dropbox start -i
This downloads the dropbox daemon program itself and will ask you for your dropbox credentials. Once it has everything in place, it starts the dropbox daemon program for you and your files will start showing up in the dropbox folder you set.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Run the dropbox daemon on ONLY ONE COMPUTER at a time, please!
Using Dropbox
Checking Dropbox Status
To check the current status of the Dropbox daemon:
$ dropbox status
Start the Dropbox daemon
To start dropbox normally if it is not running:
$ dropbox start
Stop the Dropbox daemin
To stop the dropbox daemon:
$ dropbox stop