Dropbox installation on linux server not working

Question

I'm trying to install dropbox on my dedicated server in order to backup the database but when I run tar -tzf dropbox.tar.gz I keep getting this error and haven't been able to find a solution.

Error:

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

cmd runned:

wget -O dropbox.tar.gz "http://www.dropbox.com/download/?plat=lnx.x86"
tar -tzf dropbox.tar.gz     

Answer 1

You don't have a tarball. Verify that the file downloaded properly.