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scipio3's avatar
scipio3
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Can't Install Proprietary Dropbox Daemon Ubuntu 22.04 Linux

 I have been trying to install dropbox on my Ubuntu 22.04 Linux machine for a while now. I am able to install the deb package, but after this it says it needs to download the proprietary dropbox daem...
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    2 years ago
    As I guessed, you have some network issues. Can you download the link above - https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64 in some way and unpack it in your home folder? After that you should be able run the application, but without network connection it wouldn't work properly, most probably.
    Good luck.
scipio3's avatar
scipio3
Helpful | Level 5

Its working now after unpacking the downloaded file into the home directory.

TitE's avatar
TitE
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

I have the same problem on Linux Mint, it is persistent. The Daemon installer does not start the download. Using the command line, the wget command also hangs. Only a manual download works. I doubt this is a network problem of mine, because it persists across dofferent networks and Linux Mint installations. Could someone contact Dropbox for this?

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

    Hi TitE,

    You can try the same solution that works here. 😉

    Good luck.

    • TitE's avatar
      TitE
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      Nope, download does not start. Thank you anyway. They should really fix the installer.

      • Здравко's avatar
        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20
        2 years ago
        TitE wrote:

        Nope, download does not start. ...

        If neither package nor offline archive downloads, that's NOT a Dropbox issue! It's your system network configuration issue. Find out what's there and fix it. You can get additional details when use -v option with either curl or wget.

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