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Wijnand's avatar
Wijnand
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
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Dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb and Debian Buster

Yesterday I installed Debian Buster on a netbook that is not powerful enough for Windows 10.

I tried to install Dropbox but I got an error about python3 and python3-gi not meeting the requirements. The picture shows the Dutch message, I don't know what the English version would be like.

The installed python3 is version 3.7.3-1 and python3-gi 3.30.4-1 so I don't get the point.

 

Anybody?

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  • Wijnand's avatar
    Wijnand
    5 years ago

    Hi Здравко , you were right about the 32bit vs 64bit question: allthough both the boot message and the uname command say "amd64" I have a 32bit Debian. I'v got the CLI dropbox working now.

    Thanks for your help.

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    5 years ago

    Hi Wijnand,

    First make sure everything installed is up to date:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgade

    Now, check what is the actual version of the installed packages and try install using 'dpkg':

    dpkg-query -s python3 python3-gi | grep -e "Package: " -e "Version: "
dpkg -i Downloads/dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb

    What is the result?

    • Wijnand's avatar
      Wijnand
      Helpful | Level 6
      5 years ago

      Thank you for the advice, but the result is the same:

      - versions 3.7.3-1 and 3.30.4-1 for python3 and python3-gi

      - problems with the requirements prevent configuration of dropbox:amd64

      • Здравко's avatar
        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20
        5 years ago

        You didn't show other results. Anyway... try following:

        apt-get install procps python3-gi python3 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libpango1.0-0 lsb-release gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 gir1.2-glib-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-pango-1.0 nautilus python3-gpg

        Execute entire line at once. Just a check - if some package is missing (not only python related). What is the output?

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