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Cannot sign-in to the desktop app. It redirects me and throws an errors in the browser console.
For a few weeks now, I've been struggling to sign in my desktop app. When I click on sign-in in the tray icon, I'm redirected to an SSO webpage and it shows but a blank: In browser's console I see a javascript an error: alameda_bundle_chrome_en-vfla2zdxx.js:3 Uncaught TypeError: Failed to construct 'URL': Invalid URL at alameda_bundle_chrome_en-vfla2zdxx.js:3:16002 at l (alameda_bundle_chrome_en-vfla2zdxx.js:3:16220) at _ (alameda_bundle_chrome_en-vfla2zdxx.js:3:20947) at cli_link_nonce?nonce=958b4fc46421a89ae23d169ed9ed99a7:14:206 at cli_link_nonce?nonce=958b4fc46421a89ae23d169ed9ed99a7:14:453 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at e.InitRequireJs (cli_link_nonce?nonce=958b4fc46421a89ae23d169ed9ed99a7:14:441) at alameda_bundle_chrome_en-vfla2zdxx.js:3:23616 at alameda_bundle_chrome_en-vfla2zdxx.js:3:23736 at alameda_bundle_chrome_en-vfla2zdxx.js:3:23740 Any ideas what's wrong / how to fix it? I also tried incognito -- no change.
Restore the Linux Dropbox Daemon folder selective sync GUI
That latest update to the Linux Dropbox daemon removed the GUI for allowing users to select which folders to sync. This was confirmed to me by technical support (hence me making this suggestion here, per their recommendation). The CLI still works of course (e.g., dropbox exclude add/remove), but this adds another, odious, step, since one has to first find where those files and folders are on Dropbox via the web browser, then build the correct path and copy that to the CLI. It is very, very inefficient. We have gotten used to and accepted the lack of good Linux functionality on Linux over the years (and certainly not smartsync...) while paying the same price as anyone else, but this new regression really does add a whole new impediment to using Dropbox efficiently, especially for business. Please restore the folder select GUI, at the very least!
Where's the Linux preferences GUI? The CLI doesn't work.
The title says it all. While setting up a fresh laptop with EndeavourOS, I was able to load the UI from an older installation for a moment until it closed itself. This usually happens when the app is running a self update, and given this was a 2 week old backup, this makes sense. Upon loading it up, the Preferences option now loads up a window with the following: Why? Why was the old preferences UI removed in favor of this? This isn't an upgrade in the slightest, and clicking More Settings simply takes me to the CLI instructions page. While this is okay for me, it isn't okay for my family who is making the switch over and are not terminal warriors. Well, that would be the case if the terminal command even worked right: So, I really do have to ask: what is going on here and how can I have my older, at least functional, GUI back?
Unable to install the desktop app on Fedora 41.
I need to install the Desktop App for Selective Sync. I've downloaded the Fedora rpm and installed it. I installs a filemanager. When I click on the 'open dropbox app' the screen blinks and is redisplayed. What are the steps for installing the Dropbox app? Thanks
Wget or Curl is not downloading a folder as expected via the CLI in Linux
I am trying to download a shared folder into a unix server. I first copied that folder to my dropbox and then generated a share link. The link looks something like this: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/v5xxxxxxx/AB1xxxxxxx?rlkey=123456abc&dl=1 I have tried multiple CLI commands. Some of them are below: wget https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/v5xxxxxx/AB1xxxxxx?rlkey=12345abc&dl=1 wget https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/v5xxxxxx/AB1xxxxxx?rlkey=12345abc&dl=1 --content-disposition curl -L -o output.zip https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/v5xxxxxx/AB1xxxxxx?rlkey=12345abc&dl=1 None of them download the folder but download some script instead. I have tried pasting the URL on the web browser and that works and I can see a ~140GB zipped file starting a download. Also, I have also tested TLS connection as I saw in another post that it might have an impact. TLS v1.2 seems to be working in my CLI but not v1.3. Any help is greatly appreciated as I have been stuck on this for so many days now! TIA
How can I use selective sync on Linux?
Guys: I would like to use the Dropbox CLI to perform “Selective Sync” on a sub-directory, $HOME/Dropbox/level1/level2. The following are my sample commands in Linux: dropbox exclude add $HOME/Dropbox/* dropbox exclude remove $HOME/Dropbox/level1/level2 However, the second command does not work. If I change it to “dropbox exclude remove $HOME/Dropbox/level1”, it will work. Looks like the command only works under directory, $HOME/Dropbox, it will not go down to next level of sub-directories. Could you shine some light on this? Thanks! YiHow can I make files online-only on Ubuntu?
Dear all Recently, I moved from Windows 11 to Ubuntu 24.04 in my laptop. During my journey in Windows, I was always very pleased with the integration between Dropbox and my operating system, as I could browse all the folders in my Dropbox account locally on my laptop without having to go to the web browser, even those that were not synced to my computer (i.e. I could access the folders not downloaded to my computer, see the file names... and when I double-clicked on a file, it would be downloaded to my computer and I could access it quickly and easily). When I downloaded and synced Dropbox with Ubuntu on my laptop, all the files and folders in my Dropbox account started to store a copy locally on my computer. For those folders that took up a lot of space and that I wasn't going to use at the moment, I right-clicked on them and checked the option to not sync with dropbox.com. However, this did not have the effect of clearing the space that these folders were taking up, with the desired functionality of being able to browse my laptop locally and see their names and be able to access them even if they weren't synced. I was wondering if there was a way to mimic this functionality that I enjoyed on Windows.When installing Dropbox on Linux, it doesn't create a Dropbox folder.
I am installing Dropbox on a new Linux computer (Ubuntu 20.04, gnome-flashback). I ran ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd but it stopped without completing. The last line it printed was dropbox: load fq extension '/home/gershwin/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/PyQt5.QtDBus.so It did not create a Dropbox folder. How can I complete the installation?
