# Install Headless Dropbox on Servers ## Synopsis Run the following command to install. ``` cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf - ``` This will create the `.dropbox-dist` folder. Use `.dropbox-dist/dropboxd` to start the daemon. Download this [Python script](https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py) to control Dropbox from the command line. For easy access, put a symlink to the script anywhere in your PATH. There's a sub-command to set the proxy, e.g.: ``` dropbox.py proxy manual socks5 127.0.0.1 7890 ```