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Xavier-G's avatar
Xavier-G
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

Unable to install Dropbox on Ubuntu 20.04

Hi,   With this morning updates on beta version of Ubuntu Focal (20.04), system uninstalled Dropbbox because it updated package libpango.   So I downloaded the new deb package on Dropbox site...
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    5 years ago

    Hi Xavier-G,

    The issue comes from fact - corresponding package name seems got changed (probably temporary). As a workaround, ignoring dependencies, you can "install" the package by hand (suppose all needed libraries persist), copy contained files on the corresponding places. :wink:

    Good luck.

Здравко's avatar
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
5 years ago

Just launch:

sudo dpkg --ignore-depends=libpango1.0-0 -i dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb
  • shmu26's avatar
    shmu26
    Collaborator | Level 8
    5 years ago

    This issue still has not been fixed on Ubuntu 20.04 despite its official release.

  • Xavier-G's avatar
    Xavier-G
    Helpful | Level 5
    5 years ago

    It works, thanks a lot for your help ! :grinning:

     

    And no need to reconnect nor re-do all the synchronization (I don't use the default folder), all was still registered, perfect.

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