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Dropbox app stopped working on Ubuntu 22.04
Today I booted up my fully updated laptop, Ubuntu 22.04, and noticed dropbox didn't start automatically. I manually started the app but nothing happened. I rebooted and tried again, nothing. Then...
I've had the exact same problem on Ubuntu 22.04
➜ ~ dropbox start
Starting Dropbox...Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 1603, in <module>
ret = main(sys.argv)
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 1592, in main
result = commands[argv[i]](argv[i+1:])
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 1443, in start
if not start_dropbox():
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 763, in start_dropbox
subprocess.Popen([DROPBOXD_PATH], preexec_fn=os.setsid, cwd=os.path.expanduser("~"),
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 969, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 1845, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)I've gone through the following steps that seems to have resolved the issue for me:
1. manually removed /home/<user>/.dropbox-dist and /home/<use>/.dropbox
2. purged dropbox with sudo apt-get purge dropbox
3. downloaded the installer again and installed it with gdebi package manager
I've had the exact same problem on Ubuntu 22.04
➜ ~ dropbox start
Starting Dropbox...Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 1603, in <module>
ret = main(sys.argv)
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 1592, in main
result = commands[argv[i]](argv[i+1:])
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 1443, in start
if not start_dropbox():
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 763, in start_dropbox
subprocess.Popen([DROPBOXD_PATH], preexec_fn=os.setsid, cwd=os.path.expanduser("~"),
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 969, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 1845, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
I've gone through the following steps that seems to have resolved the issue for me:
1. manually removed /home/<user>/.dropbox-dist and /home/<use>/.dropbox
2. purged dropbox with sudo apt-get purge dropbox
3. downloaded the installer again and installed it with gdebi package manager
Thank you so much, finally working again. I don't think it is necessary to use gdebi, as I tried the same steps but then installed by double click (software install) and it also worked.
Sure, gdebi is just an option. I happened to use that one, but you can use any other sw of your choice
