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SmartOM's avatar
SmartOM
Explorer | Level 3
7 months ago

Headless Ubuntu installation fails with an error message.

I tried installing Dropobx on my Ubuntu server. 

"cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -" works well

but when I run "~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd", it throws an error saying: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Couldn't start Dropbox.
This may be a temporary error. Please restart Dropbox.

Get more help at https://www.dropbox.com/c/help/permissions_error

If the issue persists, please contact Dropbox support with the following info for help:

/tmp/dropbox_errorwllux9ir.txt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here is the link to the file above: [Removed as per Community Guidelines]

Have tried deleting and reinstalling already 5-10 times but couldn't fix it.

 

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hi SmartOM, thanks for messaging the Community!

     

    As we can't open links for security purposes, could you copy and paste the error log text into your next reply so that we can determine what happened during the startup?

     

    This will help me to assist further!

    • SmartOM's avatar
      SmartOM
      Explorer | Level 3

      Hi @Jay

       

      Here it is:
      ------------------------------------------

      bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
      bn.VERSION: 198.4.7615
      bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 72
      bn.is_frozen: True
      machine_id: 4b92f00f-376e-c574-208a-76b16640b0ba
      pid: 40856
      ppid: 39819
      ppid exe: '/usr/bin/bash'
      uid: 1001
      user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='smartadmin', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=1001, pw_gid=1001, pw_gecos=',,,', pw_dir='/home/smartadmin', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
      effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='smartadmin', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=1001, pw_gid=1001, pw_gecos=',,,', pw_dir='/home/smartadmin', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
      euid: 1001
      gid: 1001
      egid: 1001
      group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='smartadmin', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=1001, gr_mem=[])
      effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='smartadmin', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=1001, gr_mem=[])
      LD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
      cwd: '/home/smartadmin'
      real_path='/home/smartadmin'
      mode=0o40750 uid=1001 gid=1001
      parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
      HOME: '/home/smartadmin'
      appdata: '/home/smartadmin/.dropbox/instance1'
      real_path='/home/smartadmin/.dropbox/instance1'
      mode=0o40700 uid=1001 gid=1001
      parent mode=0o40775 uid=1001 gid=1001
      dropbox_path: None
      not found
      parent not found
      sys_executable: '/home/smartadmin/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-198.4.7615/dropbox'
      real_path='/home/smartadmin/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-198.4.7615/dropbox'
      mode=0o100755 uid=1001 gid=1001
      parent mode=0o40775 uid=1001 gid=1001
      trace.__file__: '/home/smartadmin/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-198.4.7615/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
      real_path='/home/smartadmin/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-198.4.7615/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 "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 8237, in main_startup
      File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 2900, in initialize
      File "desktop/dropbox/client/ui/common/uikit.py", line 881, in create_ui_kit
      File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
      File "desktop/dropbox/client/ui/qt/uikit.py", line 53, in <module>
      File "desktop/app/python_overrides.py", line 147, in load_module
      ImportError: libglapi.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Thanks for the information. Could you try the steps in this thread and solution regarding the missing 'libglapi.so.0' file?

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey SmartOM, in this case can I send you an email in order for us to have a closer look internally?

    • SmartOM's avatar
      SmartOM
      Explorer | Level 3

      Yes sure can. Should I write my email here?

      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        No need SmartOM!

         

        I just sent an email to your Community-linked email address.

         

        I'll be happy to see you there, thanks!

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