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Anghellos
6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
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 ...
- 5 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
Explorer | Level 4
Any idea how to install on Fedora 31?
acquitar
5 years agoHelpful | Level 6
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.
- sweetleaff5 years agoNew member | Level 2
works me on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Thanks - Anghellos5 years agoExplorer | Level 4I 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.205 years agoHelpful | Level 6
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.
- Здравко5 years agoLegendary | Level 20
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).
- iksoo5 years agoNew member | Level 2
sudo dnf install libatomic
This solved the problem in Fedora 30.
- Xpinete5 years agoNew member | Level 2
For Lubuntu 18.04 the command is: sudo apt install libatomic1
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