How to install and use Dropbox in kde

Dropbox doesn't quite work right under KDE because it relies on nautilus. There's a package called kdropbox available that's supposed to make Dropbox easier to use. I installed it, but calling kdropbox doesn't find anything. The package is about ten years old and doesn't seem to be maintained. Does anyone here know anything about it?

Solution 1:

To use Dropbox with Dolphin file manager you have to install two packages - Dropbox and Dolphin plugins by

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox dolphin-plugins

then run Dropbox for first time using its icon or dropbox start -i command. Provide your Dropbox credentials in the web-browser, wait it to run first sync.

Then open Dolphin, go to Settings → Configure Dolphin (or Ctrl+Shift+,), visit Services (or Context Menu) tab to enable Dropbox plugin, press OK to confirm the new settings. Restart Dolphin and enjoy: