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Unable to install the desktop app on Fedora 41.
I need to install the Desktop App for Selective Sync.
I've downloaded the Fedora rpm and installed it. I installs a filemanager. When I click on the 'open dropbox app' the screen blinks and is red...
Hi jonbjoseph, thanks for the info. Are you able to use the Linux commands to exclude the folders you don't need from your Dropbox folder?
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey jonbjoseph, welcome to the Dropbox Community!
If you're having trouble installing the Dropbox application on your Linux computer, take a look at this article.
Can you let me know if it helps and how it goes?
If not, let us know where you get stuck and we'll be happy to help.
Restarting the device is always a good first troubleshooting step if you come across that same issue again.
Thanks in advance!
Hi Hannah,
I'm having the same problem and I'm trying to use the linux commands, but it's not working for me. Since I'm very new to Linux, could you please help me with the command line syntax to exclude a directory. What I'm doing is not working. I go to the terminal inside dropbox and then I type 'dropbox exclude add [~/my folder]'.
If I type 'exclude add [/my folder]' I receive a error message saying that the command doesn't exist.
Help please... Thank you!
- Nancy
Hey Peace of Wine! Do you mind sharing a screenshot with me of what you see exactly, so that I can take a look?
Please ignore the typo in the middle. Like I said I'm very new to linux ( 2months). "pastas do sync" is the folder I want to exclude from being sync by dropbox. I'm not sure the Cli is correctly written, because as you can see, nothing happens. Thank you for your help. I have also tried to paste the all path.
You're definitely on the right track. Go up 1 directory level to your HOME directory (cd command) and then try changing your 2nd command as follows:
dropbox exclude add Dropbox/pastas
Note, I'm assuming that the Dropbox directory is in the the default location (~/Dropbox). Then you can run:
dropbox exclude list (or just: dropbox exclude) to confirm that the directory is excluded. I run dropbox status, when I log into my account just to check to see that I'm 'Up to date'.
Not that it matters, but I'm just curious, what Linux are you running (eg ubuntu 2404, Fedora 41)? I'm running Fedora 41.
