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Anghellos's avatar
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.

     

Miguel P.16's avatar
Miguel P.16
Explorer | Level 4

Any idea how to install on Fedora 31?

acquitar's avatar
acquitar
Helpful | Level 6
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.

 

  • sweetleaff's avatar
    sweetleaff
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    works me on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

    Thanks

  • Anghellos's avatar
    Anghellos
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago
    I tried also to install manually the libatomic with no luck.
    same error.
    also got error connection with tye server dropbox when i tried to install the missing package but somehow the fedora installed successfully!
    Any idea how to resolve the issue?
    • Daniel L.20's avatar
      Daniel L.20
      Helpful | Level 6
      6 years ago

      The command I suggested worked for me in Ubuntu, but I assume the equivalent dnf or yum commands would do the same in Fedora.  I can't help beyond that.

      fyi- I'm using command-line interface only; don't know if that also makes a difference.

      • Здравко's avatar
        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20
        6 years ago

        Hi Jane,

        Seems there is a mistake/bug in dropbox package declaration (in requirements part). I agree to Daniel L.20, Miguel P.16,... correctly mentioned "libatomic1" is required to run Dropbox, but this library is missing in dependencies list:

        As could be seen "libatomic1" is missing. Final solution (not only to discussed issue) would be, all packages where some data/code is used from, to be declared correctly. :wink: Please, forward this to development team for further processing.

        Hope this will help (some day).

  • iksoo's avatar
    iksoo
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago
    sudo dnf install libatomic

    This solved the problem in Fedora 30.

  • Xpinete's avatar
    Xpinete
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    For Lubuntu 18.04 the command is: sudo apt install libatomic1

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