Running Dropbox at startup

Solution 1:

I had exactly the same problem and solve it by installing dropbox following these instructions, but substituting nautilus-dropbox by dropbox. That is, I installed dropbox by executing these commands:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5044912E

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main"

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install dropbox

Solution 2:

I installed dropbox from the app provided in the Ubuntu Software Centre and works well placing an icon in the top bar of the screen.