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Unable install Dropbox in my new Dell AIO with UBUNTU 20.04LTS
I just bought a Dell Optiplex 7400 All-in-One with pre-installed OS UBUNTU 20.04 LTS. I tried to install dropbox which is a must for but unable to do so. It says: "trouble connecting dropbox servers...
Hi shibananda,
Do something like following (step by step - line by line):
$ curl -L https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/ubuntu/dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb > ~/dropbox.deb $ sudo apt-get install ~/dropbox.deb $ rm ~/dropbox.deb $ dropbox stop $ rm -rf ~/.dropbox* $ dropbox start -i
Execute all commands as they are - without any change, in the same order. After the last command you will be invited to authorize the application. Does the Dropbox application work now? 🧐 If any error appears, post the exact appearing in the terminal (together with commands and results - including the error text).
Good luck.
The instructions at https://help.dropbox.com/installs/linux-commands seems to be for a different file than the one in https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-desktop-client-builds/Stable-Build-168-4-4802/td-p/661979... I have been trying with the command
tar -zxvf dropbox-lnx.x86_64-168.4.4802.tar.gz
or tar xvf dropbox-lnx.x86_64-168.4.4802.tar.gz
but now new director is coming up where I can give the command
./configure (it says: shibananda@shibananda:~/Downloads/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-168.4.4802$ ./confgiure
bash: ./confgiure: No such file or directory
make
sudo make install (this says: make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.)
I am totally lost...
Hi shibananda,
Do something like following (step by step - line by line):
$ curl -L https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/ubuntu/dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb > ~/dropbox.deb $ sudo apt-get install ~/dropbox.deb $ rm ~/dropbox.deb $ dropbox stop $ rm -rf ~/.dropbox* $ dropbox start -i
Execute all commands as they are - without any change, in the same order. After the last command you will be invited to authorize the application. Does the Dropbox application work now? 🧐 If any error appears, post the exact appearing in the terminal (together with commands and results - including the error text).
Good luck.
I'm having very similar problems.
When I do this, it still tries to install the proprietary daemon when I start Dropbox on the final step. It gets part-way through, then it pops '"Dropbox" is not responding. You may choose to wait a short while' etc.
Then - this is new - a separate window pops up saying "Dropbox Start Required
Start Dropbox to finish installation." But if I click the button to start it, I get yet another 'you must download the proprietary daemon' dialog box. 😑
The already-running proprietary daemon installer is now on 84%, it tells me if I ask it to wait even though it's stopped responding.
Then it froze my computer for several minutes before something apparently killed it automatically. Meanwhile, here's what the terminal is saying:
dropbox start -i Starting Dropbox.../usr/bin/dropbox:303: PyGIDeprecationWarning: Since version 3.11, calling threads_init is no longer needed. See: https://wiki.gnome.org/PyGObject/Threading GObject.threads_init() /usr/bin/dropbox:453: PyGTKDeprecationWarning: Stock items are deprecated. Please use: Gtk.Button.new_with_mnemonic(label) self.ok = ok = Gtk.Button(stock=Gtk.STOCK_OK) /usr/bin/dropbox:458: PyGTKDeprecationWarning: Stock items are deprecated. Please use: Gtk.Button.new_with_mnemonic(label) cancel = Gtk.Button(stock=Gtk.STOCK_CANCEL) /usr/bin/dropbox:348: DeprecationWarning: setDaemon() is deprecated, set the daemon attribute instead t.setDaemon(True) /usr/bin/dropbox:334: PyGIDeprecationWarning: GObject.idle_add is deprecated; use GLib.idle_add instead GObject.idle_add(self.loop_callback, *ret) ^[[CKilledHi ferrous,
The warnings, you received in terminal, denote some "old fashion" practices still used by Dropbox are already deprecated. This is not an issue yet; in spite deprecated, they are still NOT dropped.
You description sounds like one other OLD bug, I signaled long time ago, but it's still not addressed. Better don't rely the issue to be addressed; Linux is NOT first class "citizen" here, as you probably know already. Try some workarounds to avoid starting multiple instances simultaneously (the work environment can start in such way to guarantee that every particular application wont stay stopped - including Dropbox); try to avoid to simultaneous running, at least (i.e. delay) - Dropbox application is buggy one and cannot avoid multiple instances to run, so falls in deadlock.
Good luck.
Thanks, but none of that solves my continuing problem!
It worked fine before I reinstalled Ubuntu. 😞
