EncFS on Dropbox

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# APPLICABLE FOR UBUNTU/DEBIAN

# install encfs and fuse
sudo apt-get install fuse-utils encfs

# add fuse module to Linux Kernel
sudo modprobe fuse

# add fuse to end of /etc/modules to autoload fuse module
sudo nano /etc/modules

# add your self to fuse group
sudo adduser <user> fuse

# paths have to be absolute, alternatively ~ can be used
encfs ~/Dropbox/.encrypted/ ~/encfs/

# configure cipher algorithm, block size, filename encoding etc.
# or you can go with default configuration just by pressing [Enter]

# unmount
fusermount -u ~/encfs

# to mount again
encfs ~/Dropbox/.encrypted/ ~/encfs/