Assume you are accessing your server remotely through SSH. 1. Download the package, say you are using Ubuntu $wget https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/ubuntu/dropbox_1.4.0_amd64.deb 2. Install the package $sudo dpkg -i *dropbox_1.4.0_amd64.deb 3. Start Dropbox $dropbox start 4. You will get an url to link your computer here, copy-and-paste into your web-browser. Restart your dropbox, all set :] $dropbox