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boxquestioner
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Proprietary 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. No...
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Jay
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Hi there, what version of Linux are you using? Are you not able to apt-get that module?
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jonaseberle
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

Hi, it's on Ubuntu 18.04 using the official .deb-package dropbox:2015.10.28 .

python-gpgme is obsolete, the successor is python-gpg (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1759984)

This box is shown on every start. The daemon IS installed. One can click "cancel" here - dropbox runs just fine.

It would be nice if it was not shown, though...

  • An_Laoch's avatar
    An_Laoch
    Explorer | Level 4
    7 years ago

    This morning I booted my laptop running 

    ~ $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	LinuxMint
Description:	Linux Mint 19 Tara
Release:	19
Codename:	tara

    I was presented with a dropbox message saying that the package python-pgpme was not installed and Dropbox couldn't work without it. Ubuntu dropped python-pgpme in favour of python-pgp some time back and python-pgpme is no longer available in the repositories.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    7 years ago
    Does the ‘Don’t show this again’ checkbox not work? If it doesn’t I’ll forward it to our dev team to investigate this further.
    • jonaseberle's avatar
      jonaseberle
      Helpful | Level 6
      7 years ago

      "we will not be able to verify binary signatures" - I am not going to mute a warning about that.

      • xdunal3306's avatar
        xdunal3306
        New member | Level 2
        7 years ago

        It does appear that a software architect hasnt coded the latest version of Dropbox correctly.  What is the proprietary daemon... surely this should be within the installation if required ( Obtained from the Linux Mint Software Store) and why state you need to have obsolete software??? 

        Please update Dropbox source code to include support for python-gpg.  Im not going to ignore a warning box that could compromise any security. 

         

        The Windows & Android versions just run without any of this hassle!

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