Install & configure Dropbox on Ubuntu 12.04 precise

0_ubuntu_install_dropbbox.sh

mkdir ~/installs
cd ~/installs
wget -O dropbox.tar.gz "http://www.dropbox.com/download/?plat=lnx.x86_64"
tar -xvzf dropbox.tar.gz
mv .dropbox-dist ~/.dropbox-dist
~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd

#Go to the URL provided by the above command. 
#It will ask for your dropbox username and password to authorize the newly install dropbox client on the ubuntu server.

dropbox

#!/bin/sh
## Dropbox Initscript. 
## Note :
#     Create this file in the /etc/init.d and run the following commands
#         sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/dropbox
#         sudo update-rc.d dropbox defaults
#         sudo service dropbox start

# dropbox service
# Replace with linux users you want to run Dropbox clients for
DROPBOX_USERS="user1 user2"
DAEMON=.dropbox-dist/dropbox

start() {
    echo "Starting Dropbox..."
    for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
        HOMEDIR=`getent passwd $dbuser | cut -d: -f6`
        if [ -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON ]; then
            HOME="$HOMEDIR" start-stop-daemon -b -o -c $dbuser -S -u $dbuser -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON
        fi
    done
}

stop() {
    echo "Stopping Dropbox..."
    for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
        HOMEDIR=`getent passwd $dbuser | cut -d: -f6`
        if [ -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON ]; then
            start-stop-daemon -o -c $dbuser -K -u $dbuser -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON
        fi
    done
}

status() {
    for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
        dbpid=`pgrep -u $dbuser dropbox`
        if [ -z $dbpid ] ; then
            echo "dropboxd for USER $dbuser: not running."
        else
            echo "dropboxd for USER $dbuser: running (pid $dbpid)"
        fi
    done
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        start
        ;;
    stop)
        stop
        ;;
    restart|reload|force-reload)
        stop
        start
        ;;
    status)
        status
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/dropbox {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|status}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
exit 0