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URL to link account in Linux does not work
I'm trying to install in Linux. I have the app installed but when it brings up the URL to link your account to the computer the URL is not valid. It does not work. I can relaunch dropbox and it brin...
Hi all,
Thanks everyone who submitted tickets (and also the ones that helped here with info).
We've implemented a fix (as you some of you already reported) however, if you're still seeing that problem, you may be running into a separate issue.
We can definitely look into it that for you if that's the case.
Thanks again!
Sam
I am having this problem as well, and I am not on basic. I have at least 10 computers synced to my account, a mixture of Mac OS, Windows and mostly Linux. I have never had any problems until the last few days, in which problems have been rampant in Linux. Prior dropbox installations have trouble syncing, and new installations return a bad URL when trying to connect to the account for the initial sync. I have tried this at least 5 times using different distros (Mint, Ubuntu, Debian) and the result is the same. I see from other recent messages online that its happening to people regardless of flatpak or nautilus installs. This seems like a massive error and that it has been lingering for a week without a fix is astonishing. Years of using dropbox headache free, and now it won't install!
The error simply states "
Error
Invalid URL. Please check your client for a new one."
Same problem here. I am not on basic, paying an annual fee. If my linux notebook cannot connect to dropbox, I have to do a change:
- either change to windows,
- or, change my cloud storage from dropbox to something else
Obviously we linux people will choose the second one.
Dropbox Support and Dev teams please give us a solution, or we'll find our own solutions to drop this unconnectable dropbox.
Same problem here: not on basic, paying for the 2 TB subscription, nonsense error message comes up on a new SUSE Leap installation. Dropbox was working just fine on this same hardware running Fedora 38. Something's seriously wrong with you validation server.
Same problem here. Can you Dropbox take US into account and fix it!?
Same problem.
One dropbox account signed-in at a Debian Stable laptop.
Today did an identical installation of Debian Stable on another laptop and experienced this dropbox problem
"Error
Invalid URL. Please check your client for a new one."
