Dropbox (Application)

NOTE

• in the past, dropbox starts to force linux users to use a ext4 filesystem, so I'm looking for alternatives...

AUTO UPDATE BLOCK

• as user, block the update

cd
rm -rf ~/.dropbox-dist
install -dm0 ~/.dropbox-dist

Install

• from https://www.dropbox.com/install

# shared/opt install schema v1.5.6

#### as common user ####
# define applications vars
export SOFTWARE_PATH="/home/shared/opt/software"
export NAME="dropbox"
export VERSION="dropbox-lnx.x86_64-188.4.6302"
export URL="https://edge.dropboxstatic.com/dbx-releng/client/${VERSION}.tar.gz"
su - -w SOFTWARE_PATH,NAME,VERSION

#### as root ####
# install packages and prepare destination path
apt-get -q -y install wget coreutils findutils < /dev/null
apt-get -q -y install tar gzip < /dev/null
mkdir -m 777 -p "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/tmp_install/" "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/${NAME}_${VERSION}/"
exit

#### as common user ####
umask 0027
cd "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/tmp_install"
wget -c --no-check-certificate "${URL}"
tar -xzf "${VERSION}.tar.gz" -C "${SOFTWARE_PATH}/${NAME}_${VERSION}"
cd
su - -w SOFTWARE_PATH,NAME,VERSION

#### as root ####
# ensure permissions to destination path
cd "${SOFTWARE_PATH}"
chown -R root:users "${NAME}_${VERSION}"
find "${NAME}_${VERSION}" -type d -exec chmod a-s,u+rwx,g+rx,g-w,o-rwx {} \;
find "${NAME}_${VERSION}" -type f -exec chmod a-s,u+rw,g+r,g-w,o-rwx {} \;
rm -rf tmp_install
ln -s -f -T "${NAME}_${VERSION}" "${NAME}"
exit

#### as common user ####
# test the application
""${SOFTWARE_PATH}"/dropbox/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd"