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Debian Linux - Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring
When I run "sudo apt update" on my system I get an error about the Dropbox key being stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg) and apt-key being deprecated. I searched google for an hour or so and tried multiple different solutions but can't find anything that works. It seems that the public key needed to verify the "http://linux.dropbox.com/debian/dists/sid/Release.gpg"key is not available. Any ideas?Solved30KViews1like8Comments
Need help installing Dropbox on a Raspberry Pi
Hello guys, I'm trying to install dropbox on my RPI 3 ModelB with Raspbian OS. I'm running the following commands. pip install dropbox sudo pip install dropbox The dropbox gets successfully installed, but then I can't find it anywhere. I want to use dropbox to synch a file using Python. Any thoughts?Solved27KViews0likes9Comments
Unable to install Dropbox on Ubuntu 20.04
Hi, With this morning updates on beta version of Ubuntu Focal (20.04), system uninstalled Dropbbox because it updated package libpango. So I downloaded the new deb package on Dropbox site, and saw that it was a new version from 4th March 2020, good ! But installation failed : sudo dpkg -i dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb dropbox depends from libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.36.3); but: Package libpango1.0-0 is not installed But it's well present : libpango-1.0.0-1.44.7-2 Please could you update your installation package ? Thanks !Solved24KViews0likes12Comments
Changing folder in Linux
Hello. I've had installed Arch Linux and put my Dropbox folder to the other partition had been mounted as USB device (e.g. to the /media folder). Recently I changed the way of mounting my partition with Dropbox folder: I add my partition to fstab file and immedeatly changed mount point. So at the moment Dropbox doesn't find this folder (I know why). I want just to change Dropbox folder but don't know how to do it. When Dropbox daemon is starting, it gives me an error about wrong folder. If I agreed I would mark all folders to sync again (but I didn't remember all folders, meh). I have tried to find out location of the settings' file and to use dropbox-cli. Nothing helps me until I post this message. If there're ways to correct this errors without full changing of folder, I will be happy.Solved23KViews0likes3CommentsProprietary daemon and python-gpgme
Hi, I try to install Dropbox on Linux. When I clicked on the Dropbox icon or visited www.dropbox.com/download, I got a message: In order to use Dropbox, you must download the proprietary daemon. Note: python-gpgme is not installed, we will not be able to verify binary signatures. What shall I do? How to download the properitary daemon and install python-gpgme?19KViews4likes15CommentsHeadless install on Debian: libglapi.so.0: cannot open shared object file
I tried this on support, but didn't get a useful reply, so I hope someone here knows the answer. On a Linux Debian 10 ("buster") headless server, I tried to follow the instructions at https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux for "Dropbox Headless Install via command line": cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf - ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd The 2nd command ends with the lines below and suggests contacting support and providing the log file. dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-90.4.307/PyQt5.QtGui.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' Couldn't start Dropbox. This is usually because of a permissions error. Storing your home folder on a network share can also cause an error. Note that I was running as root, so it's not really a permission problem. The end of the log file shows that the real problem is that it cannot find a library dependency: ImportError: libglapi.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I tried to install a libglapi library from the Debian repos, but the the same script complained about some other missing library. Is there a list of the required libraries somewhere? Thanks for any help Below is the full content of that log file: # cat /tmp/dropbox_errorbdqczvcw.txt bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox bn.VERSION: 90.4.307 bn.DROPBOXEXT_VERSION: failed bn.is_frozen: True machine_id: 1fae349e-4089-47e7-9a96-35c749d174a3 pid: 28563 ppid: 28540 ppid exe: '/bin/bash' uid: 0 user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='root', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=0, pw_gid=0, pw_gecos='root', pw_dir='/root', pw_shell='/bin/bash') effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='root', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=0, pw_gid=0, pw_gecos='root', pw_dir='/root', pw_shell='/bin/bash') euid: 0 gid: 0 egid: 0 group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='root', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=0, gr_mem=[]) effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='root', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=0, gr_mem=[]) LD_LIBRARY_PATH: None cwd: '/root' real_path='/root' mode=0o40700 uid=0 gid=0 parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0 HOME: '/root' appdata: '/root/.dropbox/instance1' real_path='/root/.dropbox/instance1' mode=0o40700 uid=0 gid=0 parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0 dropbox_path: '/root/Dropbox' real_path='/root/Dropbox' not found parent mode=0o40700 uid=0 gid=0 sys_executable: '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-90.4.307/dropbox' real_path='/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-90.4.307/dropbox' mode=0o100755 uid=1000 gid=1000 parent mode=0o40775 uid=1000 gid=1000 trace.__file__: '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-90.4.307/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc' real_path='/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-90.4.307/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc' not found parent not found tempdir: '/tmp' real_path='/tmp' mode=0o41777 uid=0 gid=0 parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 7999, in main_startup File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 3539, in run File "dropbox/client/ui/common/uikit.pyc", line 860, in create_ui_kit File "dropbox/client/ui/qt/uikit.pyc", line 53, in <module> File "<_bootstrap_overrides>", line 153, in load_module ImportError: libglapi.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directorySolved17KViews3likes18CommentsUbuntu system tray icon disappeared, can't access preferences
I am running the deskop app on Ubuntu 18.04 and my system tray disappeared altogether. Dropbox is still syncing -- new fils show up immediately -- but I need to update the sync location and I can't do that without the indicator icon. Is there a way to access my preferences without the indicator icon?Solved17KViews0likes4CommentsNeed to "download proprietary daemon" every time Ubuntu restart.
I have installed Dropbox successfully on Ubuntu 14.04 using the 64-bit .deb installer from fromhttps://www.dropbox.com/install-linux Everything goes well and dropbox has synced all my files properly. However, each time I start up Ubuntu, Dropbox pops up the window saying "Dropbox is the easiest way to share ... you must download proprietary daemon ..." This is the same window that appeared during the installation, which had been 100% completed since.Each time I click OK, the daemon gets installed without problem and Dropbox works fine. Without clicking OK and re-downloading the daemon, Dropbox icon will not show up in Ubuntu system bar. It is annoying to have toredo this process every time I start my computer. Could someone help me with this? Thanks.Solved16KViews3likes14CommentsI cannot install the desktop app on Linux Fedora 37
Gnome 43 has removed libnautilus-extension.so.1 making it impossible to install Dropbox on Fedora 37. Please update the rpm installer to make use of the changes in gnome 43. For reference: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/official-dropbox-package-doesnt-install-in-fedora-37/27296 Here is a link to an open pull request to make the necessary changes: https://github.com/dropbox/nautilus-dropbox/pull/105Solved16KViews15likes70Comments