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just4bs
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

dropbox install problems centos 7.6

Trying to install on a new centos build.  Tried using the .rpm files  but kept getting this: python3 is needed by nautilus-dropbox-2019.01.31-1.fc21.x86_64 python3-gobject >= 3.14.0 is needed by na...
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Lusil
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Hey there juanreimon, 
 
I’ve sent you a ticket to the email address associated with your Community profile so as to further investigate this. Please check your inbox for my latest message and we’ll take it from there. 
 
Thanks in advance!
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ats81
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

I have the same issue and would like to follow the latest progress through the ticketing system. 

  • csts_peter's avatar
    csts_peter
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago

    Update for those affected.

    The headless version from https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux does work if you have a GDE.  I managed to successfully install it to my local linux box.  

    However, installing to my remote AWS instances fails with the above errors.  I believe the problem is caused by the app trying to launch a browser because it wants us to validate a new dropbox installation on the machine.  (Which doesn't make too much sense when running headless).  

    Regardless, I'll debug this issue some more when I get the chance (as I am away on vacation currently).

      • MathUHenry's avatar
        MathUHenry
        Helpful | Level 6
        6 years ago

        My initial post was incomplete. The FlatPak version requires an ext4 partition. To set this up:

        1) partition a drive to ext4 (I had to do this at install)
        2) make drive mount with each session:
        i) create reference folder: mkdir /home/user_name/dropbox_drive
        ii) identify name of drive (sda3): ls /dev/hd*
        iii) edit hard-drive list: sudo gedit /etc/fstab
        iv) add line: /dev/sda3 /home/user_name/dropbox_drive ext4 defaults 1 2

  • juanreimon's avatar
    juanreimon
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago

    I removed Centos and then I installed Fedora 29, when installing dropbox there were also dependency problems, later I followed the indications of the requirements to use dropbox (Reinstall Fedora but Xfce, and I installed the GTK, Glib and Nautilus add-ons) but the problems with dependencies to moment of installation continued.

    Finally with all the requirements met I was able to install Dropbox with the following command:

    $ dnf -y install nautilus-dropbox

    The problems as I understand were:
    -KDE Plasma Desktop. Both CentOS and Fedora.
    -The installation from a rpm package.

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