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SRoyPC
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

'In order to use Dropbox, you must download the proprietary daemon' shows up whenever the PC starts

Hello Team,   On Ubuntu 16.04 every time I start my PC, I'm greeted by the message 'In order to use Dropbox, you must download the proprietary daemon'.   Availing any of the options av...
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  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
    5 years ago

    Hi there SRoyPC, thanks for reaching out to us here!

     

    Can you let me know if the info here helps at all? Perhaps delaying the startup of the app might help with the error you're getting on system startup.

     

    Let me know how it goes!

Daphne's avatar
Daphne
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5 years ago

Hi there SRoyPC, thanks for reaching out to us here!

 

Can you let me know if the info here helps at all? Perhaps delaying the startup of the app might help with the error you're getting on system startup.

 

Let me know how it goes!

  • SRoyPC's avatar
    SRoyPC
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    This is a work-in-progress. Thank you.

  • SRoyPC's avatar
    SRoyPC
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    The solution also seems to work for Xubuntu 20.04.

     

     

    Thank you Daphne.

     

    • briankhaney's avatar
      briankhaney
      New member | Level 2
      4 years ago

      I got it to work for my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS workstation.

       

      At the command line, run 'dropbox start -i'. The '-i' says to install the daemon if its not installed.

       

      Reboot, login, and you should see a Dropbox icon in the System Tray. (I'm running Cinnamon for my desktop environment.)

       

      Click on that Dropbox icon and you should see the things you can do.

       

      Other things you can do at the command line: run 'man dropbox'.

      • Plautdietscha Liehra's avatar
        Plautdietscha Liehra
        New member | Level 2
        4 months ago

        Thank-you.  This was very helpful ... got Dropbox going on my Tumbleweed.

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