Install libxslt1.1
sudo apt install libxslt1.1
Install Python3
sudo apt install python3
sudo apt install python3-gpg
Download Dropbox
Download the Ubuntu (.deb) 64-bit file
Use the Files app to copy the .deb file from the Downloads folder to the Linux files folder
Install Dropbox
sudo dpkg -i ~/dropbox_*_amd64.deb
sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list
echo "deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/debian buster main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 1C61A2656FB57B7E4DE0F4C1FC918B335044912E
sudo apt update
sudo apt install dropbox
Ignore the errors
sudo apt --fix-broken install
DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP
Start Dropbox
dropbox start -i
Wait for the installation dialog box to show
Select OK
Dropbox will download
Select Connect or click connect a different account
You may need to manually switch to Google Chrome to show the Dropbox Sign in page
Select Continue to Dropbox
Minimise Chrome
Click Quit Dropbox when the Your Dropbox folder is on a file system that is no longer supported. message displays
Current Dropbox only supports the EXT4 filesystem for Linux
The Google Pixelbook uses Btrfs
Mounting file systems is not currently supported
Press ENTER in the prompt to get back the prompt
Set Dropbox to not autostart
we will use cron to start Dropbox as this does not work
dropbox autostart n
Remove bandwidth limits if required
dropbox throttle unlimited unlimited
Enable LAN sync if required
dropbox lansync y
Remove the Dropbox launcher entry
sudo rm /usr/share/applications/dropbox.desktop
Install cron
sudo apt install cron
Add a cron job
crontab -l
crontab -l > ~/mycron
echo "@reboot dropbox start &" | tee -a ~/mycron
echo "@reboot python3 ~/Dropbox/dropbox.py start &" | tee -a ~/mycron
echo "@reboot python3 ~/Dropbox/dropbox.py start &" >> ~/mycron
crontab ~/mycron
rm ~/mycron
crontab -l
Dropbox status
dropbox status