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How 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.
The Dropbox app is stuck on "starting" on my Linux device running Ubuntu 18.04.
Good evening, On one of my computers, a Linux computer (Zorin OS 17 Pro based on Ubuntu 18.04), the Dropbox application is stuck on “Start” and therefore no longer synchronizes my dropbox. Thanks in advance, Sincerely, Hervé
The Dropbox app (v213.4.4597) stalls when syncing (Linux/Ubuntu 24.04).
Hi, I've noticed that the current version of Dropbox (v213.4.4597) on my Linux setup (Ubuntu 24.04.1) seems to stall and not appear to sync after a certain time once started. I have tested my internet connection and there doesn't appear to be an issue with that (I've updated the Wi-Fi connection, using a different dongle, and have tried wired internet, and I am getting c. 250Mbps down and 50Mbps up, and can web browse and download whatever), and I have uninstalled and reinstalled the client (and the daemon) but the behaviour doesn't change. It seems that, very specifically, it happens when files are being uploaded on that machine to my Dropbox, and files are being downloaded from my Dropbox to my machine simultaneously. Eventually the files are uploaded and things 'unblock', but it can take hours for the situation to resolve. Is this an issue with this version? Is there anything else I can try to resolve this?
Dropbox app on Fedora KDE 41 stuck on "Connecting..."
I have just installed Dropbox on Fedora KDE 41 and logged in to my Dropbox account. I can put files in the Dropbox folder and they get uploaded. However, when I right click on the taskbar icon the top item in the menu is stuck on "Connecting...". There is no notifications of anything uploading or downloading so it is impossible to know if everything is working without logging into my Docker account on the web and checking. What should I be able to see in that menu instead of "Connecting..." and how do I fix it so I can keep an eye on what Dropbox is doing?Cannot run headless Dropbox in WSL linux
I am using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). I've attempted to install a headless version of dropbox in both the Debian and Ubuntu distributions in WSL. I followed these instructions athttps://www.dropbox.com/install-linux : cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf - ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd Running this last command produces the following output: dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/apex._apex.abi3.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/google._upb._message.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/PyQt5.QtCore.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/PyQt5.QtCore.so' Couldn't start Dropbox. This may be a temporary error. Please restart Dropbox. Get more help at https://www.dropbox.com/c/help/permissions_error If the issue persists, please contact Dropbox support with the following info for help: /tmp/dropbox_errorfvj_1y99.txt The referenced file at the end shows the following error: ImportError: libgthread-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Apparently dropboxd is expecting some packages to come pre-installed (no mention of this in the installation instructions). After some research, I found that the following command installed the required shared object: sudo apt-get install libc6 After this, I attempted to run dropboxd once again, but this time obtained the following error: dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/PyQt5.QtDBus.so' b'!! (Qt:Fatal) This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "xcb".\n\nAvailable platform plugins are: xcb.\n\nReinstalling the application may fix this problem.' Segmentation fault Apparently, this non-GUI version of Dropbox requires the Qt GUI framework. Interesting... I proceeded to install Qt5 with the following: sudo apt install qtbase5-dev Now when I run dropboxd, the program stalls on this step: dropbox: load fq extension '/home/brandon/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-206.4.6506/PyQt5.QtDBus.so' I don't understand why the program freezes here. Any help would be appreciated.
Dropbox in Linux 32 bit unable to download the proprietary daemon
I have an old 32 bits computer in which I installed Linux LMDE 6 (the latest 32 bit version of Linux Mint). The OS comes with a 32 bit version of Dropbox version 2020.03.04 that can be installed through the software center or through: $ sudo apt install dropbox When running the application with: $ dropbox start I get the message: Starting Dropbox... The Dropbox daemon is not installed! Run "dropbox start -i" to install the daemon Then I run: $ dropbox start -i and a window opens with the message: "In order to use Dropbox, you must download the proprietary daemon", and I click in 'OK' But then it fails to download the proprietary daemon, giving the message: "Trouble connecting to Dropbox servers. Maybe your internet connection is down, or you need to set your http_proxy environment variable." Then I downloaded the latest Debian 32 bit package I found in https://linux.dropboxstatic.com/packages/debian/dropbox_2024.04.17_i386.deb, installed it, but the problem to download the daemon still persists. Finally, following some tips in the internet, I tried to download the daemon manually, using the command: $ wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" and I get an ERROR 404: Not found. I concluded from this that the 32 bit daemon is not longer available at the Dropbox repository. Is it possible to obtain a 32 bit daemon anywhere else? Are we cursed to not use Dropbox in 32 bit Linux anymore? If the 32 bit daemon is no longer available, why 32 bit Debian packages are still maintained?
The Linux exclude add [folder] command deletes the [folder] on the server
This is an issue I saw in the community 4 years ago without a solution. I experienced this problem today on my debian Server. Dropbox daemon version: 213.4.4597 Dropbox command-line interface version: 2019.02.14 The funny thing is that already 6 years some folders are nicely excluded on the server without any problems. But we cannot add any new folder to it.Are symlinks from the Dropbox folder supported or not?
This page: https://help.dropbox.com/sync/symlinks last updated last September says symlinks are supported. Yet when I create a link in my Dropbox folder pointint outside, only the link gets synced [an entry for it that cannot be opened appears on the web], but not the link contents. Is that article wrong or am I doing something wrong? This is on Linux.
RAM memory usage goes through the roof
I'm using Ubuntu. Dropbix used to work fine on my system but recently something happened and when trying to sync files, the memory usage rapidly increases to max up 32 GB RAM, and then the system freezes and the Dropbox apps shut down. This happens when trying to upload a small file. What could lead to such a behavior?