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Anghellos
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

I'm getting an error message "Could not start the Dropbox daemon" for a Fedora 31 install.

Hello, I tried to install dropbox on my fresh installation of Fedora 31. The error that i got is "Could not start the dropbox daemon" if i run the installation on terminal i got additional details ...
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  • acquitar's avatar
    acquitar
    6 years ago

    Hi, I just used this command on my Fedora 31 Workstaion before installing Dropbox. The Dropbox daemon starts successfully now, and the sync function works well.

    sudo dnf install libatomic

    Now the only problem is the tray icon keeps showing "Connecting...", but it does not affect the running.

     

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anaxamandor
New member | Level 2

I installed Dropbox onto Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, but am receiving this error.  The computer does meet the minimum system requirements.  Can someone please assist me?

 

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Jane
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5 years ago
Hey anaxamandor, welcome to the Dropbox Community!
 
I’ve moved your post under this discussion, as other Community members have reported that they’ve been able to get going with the installation once they installed the libatomic package. 
 
Please give it a go when you have some spare time & keep us posted on the outcome here. 
 
Thanks!
  • anaxamandor's avatar
    anaxamandor
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    yes, it immediately worked when I installed that dependency.

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