Download

Download the Dropbox Installer from Dropbox.

Install, including dependencies

sudo dpkg --install dropbox-whatever.deb If this leads to Errors were encounterd while processing then try sudo apt --fix-broken install

dropbox start -i and immediately left-click the system tray icon and Pause Syncing

Configure Dropbox

In Context Menu » Preferences… » Sync » Select folders, select Basic and .privateAufrecht.

Left-click and Resume Sync

Wait for the encrypted cloud to rain its data on your upturned face.

Make directories

mkdir ~/Personal ln -s ~/Dropbox/Family\ Room ~/Family

Install the automounting script

sudo cp ~/Dropbox/Basic/new_machine/linux/misc/mount.sh /usr/local/bin

Mount the encrypted cloud

./mount.sh If the password is not provided in the environment, the script will ask for it via the openssl input (which means that the label shown is wrong) and then at the command line. See next step for automating this.

Create automated storage for the encrypted cloud passphrase.

We would like the encrypted cloud directory(ies) to mount automatically on login, so we need to store the passphrase, and therefore we need to protect it. Previously used kwallet, but if we are moving to sway …. TODO: Determine how to do this with sway. kwallet, ssh-agent, something else.

Set up mount.sh to autorun

Do something like Step 2.