dropbox command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix dropbox command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

dropbox: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dropbox: command not found

In Ubuntu dropbox is provided by nautilus-dropbox package.

nautilus-dropbox is:

Nautilus Dropbox is an extension that integrates the Dropbox web service with your GNOME Desktop.

Installing this package will download the proprietary dropbox binary from dropbox.com.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-dropbox

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install nautilus-dropbox.

sudo apt -y install nautilus-dropbox

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install nautilus-dropbox

In this tutorial we learn how to fix dropbox command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.