Questions tagged [dropbox]
Web-based file hosting service
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No Dropbox icon in the indicator panel?
I have recently installed Ubuntu on my machine and everything has been working fine, except I don't see the Dropbox indicator. I have installed and re-installed Dropbox multiple times and can confirm ...
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How to fix non working Dropbox icon on Xubuntu 14.04 LTS 64?
A few hours ago the dropbox icon in Xubuntu 14.04 stopped working.
The icon is black with a red slashed zero. I cannot click on it to bring up the dropbox menu. I believe there was an update right ...
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Dropbox error - 'echo 100000 | sudo tee / proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches'
Dropbox gives me an error that mentions echo tee 100000 but then it disappears.
How to fix or remove msg?
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How to install Dropbox?
For some reason installing Dropbox via software center does not work.
I get a message that sends me to Dropbox website where I follow the instructions. But at the end it says it says:
Next, run ...
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How do I uninstall Dropbox?
After booting up, a popup screen tells me Dropbox did not install correctly, but it is lurking somewhere. To install properly I first have to delete the incorrect install. How can I do that?
I'm ...
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How can I encrypt data in cloud storage services like Dropbox?
I'd love to use Ubuntu One or Dropbox features, like file storage and so on, but I don't want anyone else to access my data, USA Patriot act etc.. I want things to be encrypted so that the only place ...
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How do I fix a "Can't access Dropbox folder" error?
I'm having a rather strange problem with Dropbox that started a few weeks ago.
Dropbox will stop syncing with the message "Can't access Dropbox folder", and refuse to sync until I reboot.
I've tried ...
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Dropbox won't start anymore
Since a while, 2 weeks, Dropbox does not startup anymore on my laptop running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with GNOME shell.
When I run dropbox start -i in the console I get the following output.
Starting ...
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Xubuntu Dropbox icon fail [duplicate]
Affects: 14.04 / 14.10 / 15.04 / 15.10 / 16.04 / 16.10
I started my dropbox deamon today, with the following result in the panel:
The icon with the warning/failed symbol should be my Dropbox icon. ...
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How do I unlock /var/lib/dpkg/lock? [duplicate]
I attempted to install dropbox on my Ubuntu system, but now I am unable to install or uninstall any software. I get this error:
E: Unable to lock the administration directory /var/lib/dpkg/lock?
I ...
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Start Dropbox on Startup
I installed Dropbox (2.0.26) via the command line instructions here.
Dropbox is running great except that it won't start on startup. The command given, ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd, runs fine via the ...
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EncFs insecure, what to use now
I love encfs as it provides file-based encrypting which is quite useful when it comes to cloud storage. But it looks like that especially for this use case, encfs is considered to be insecure. I'm ...
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Dropbox install stuck at 99%, how do I fix it? (and any dpkg errors)
I tried to install Dropbox using How to install Dropbox?, or with apt-get install nautilus-dropbox.
Dropbox loads until 99% and then hangs, causing the system to go to 100% cpu usage.
If I reboot or ...
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How can I delay dropbox from starting, but not disable it?
When I log into my user account on Ubuntu 10.10, there is a unsatisfying delay before my system becomes usable. Even launching a terminal, I have to wait a few seconds before the bash prompt appears. ...
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How can I integrate Dropbox with PCManFM?
I'm using Lubuntu 11.04 and I installed Dropbox.
Every time I click on the tray icon, Dropbox opens Chrome to show my files.
How to change this behaviour? It would be nice to open my files from the ...
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Repercussions to sharing .bashrc across machines with Dropbox?
I work on a lot of different machines, all running Ubuntu (not always the same version). I have some really basic customizations to my prompt I would like to have available on all machines.
I ...
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How to install python-gpgme ubuntu 14.04
I installed Dropbox but when I run it. I get an error saying:
In order to use dropbox you need proprietary daemons. Install python-gpgme.
Then, I headed over to installation of that python module ...
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Dropbox: ext4 isn't ext4
Some time ago Dropbox began to warn me about supporting ext4 as FS only. As a happy BTRFS user I wasn't happy, but have done this:
dropbox stop
dd if=/dev/zero of=~/dropbox.img bs=1M count=4096
mkfs....
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Dropbox asks Authentication is needed to run `/usr/sh' as the super user
This question has been asked several times, but the standard answer does not apply.
Current system: Ubuntu 18.04, kernel version 4.15.0-29-generic. But it started on - I think - 16.xx.
The system ...
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How to Link and use two or more Dropbox Accounts simultaneously
I have two Dropbox accounts. Is it possible to link and use both of the accounts simultaneously without logging in as the different user?
Do not confuse with similar looking post
Multiple Dropbox ...
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Dropbox Fails To Start With "VerificationError: importing pylinux..."
Dropbox fails to start with "VerificationError: importing pylinux..." . It seems that some recent Python update breaks Dropbox, resulting in the following error:
Starting Dropbox...Traceback (most ...
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Using Git as off-line alternative for Dropbox
I am working with lots of text files daily and I use Dropbox as a way to restore earlier versions of files in case something goes wrong.
I am looking for simple way to suplement/replace Dropbox in ...
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How do symbolic links work in Dropbox?
I made some links to files in a folder. When I added that folder to Dropbox, the links contained duplicate copies of the files linked to. Have you had this problem? Do you understand what is ...
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Copy files from a server via ssh to dropbox.
I have a user in a linux server (Debian) with ssh access, and have some files on it. I need to copy the files to my Dropbox. but I donot want to copy to my Dropbox in my PC and Laptop, I want to first ...
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Dropbox 3.2.9 ignoring local themes / missing notification icon
After upgrading from xubuntu 13.10 to 14.04, I found that dropbox needed re-installation on my system, amongst a slew of other problems. I performed the following as suggested here:
sudo rm -rf /var/...
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How do I limit Dropbox's activity on the hard disk?
On startup, Dropbox runs files indexing, which brings the system pretty much to a stand still for three minutes.
Is there a way to restrict Dropbox from accessing the hard disk, or decrease the ...
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How to fix missing Dropbox tray icon?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and today when I started my laptop I saw that the Dropbox icon is missing from the top panel and I don't know how can I get it back.
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Can't complete dropbox installation from behind proxy
Problem:
My PC on campus sits behind a proxy (requiring authentication) and I can't setup Dropbox. I am convinced that this is a proxy issue as I can't setup Ubuntu one either (but I don't use Ubuntu ...
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Can't start dropbox on Ubuntu 18.04
It is working well in Ubuntu 16.04. After upgrading to 18.04 it refuses to start.
Anyone has any idea ?
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How do I prevent Dropbox from being automatically added to the autostart list after launching it?
Everytime I start Dropbox (in Precise) it gets added to the autostart list even if I deleted the entry before. I don't want Dropbox to be started when I log in only when I want it to.
How to prevent ...
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Repeat terminal command until specified output
I would like to define an alias that performs a command every x seconds until an underlying process gives a designated output. Then, the command should stop being run.
Is this possible, and if so, ...
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nautilus-dropbox : Depends: dropbox but it is not going to be installed
I was trying to install dropbox on ubuntu 13.10
My first attempt was to follow the steps from official site:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -
~...
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Dropbox Upgrade
This morning, via email from Dropbox, I received notification that the version of Dropbox I am running on Ubuntu 14.04LTS will be retired next week and to update to the latest version. The email takes ...
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How Do I Purchase Ubuntu One Songs Without Using Ubuntu One File Sharing?
I want to use DropBox instead of Ubuntu One. But I like the idea of buying MP3s for 88 cents from Ubuntu One because it can help contribute cash to the Ubuntu project.
I have disabled and uninstalled ...
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How to sync onedrive for business? [duplicate]
At my school we are starting to implement Office 365 for our students. We are working on basis of a bring-your-own-device strategy and will meet all kinds of devices and OS's. Office 365 comes with a ...
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Dropbox on a dual-boot machine
I have a dual boot laptop- Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10, both located on same HD, different partitions, and a third one, meant to be for common use.
To avoid putting my Dropbox folder on each OS, I ...
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Dropbox is asking me to change location to Ext4
My Dropbox keeps telling me, that it needs to be moved to ext4 filesystem.
The problem is, that when I have a look at my disk, I see this:
It seems, that my filesystem already is ext4.
Do you have ...
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Syncing apt-get installations between multiple computers
Is there a way to synchronize my installations (and removals) between multiple PCs?
Preferably with dropbox - since I'm already using that to keep my files in sync.
I thought of an alias for the apt-...
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Has Ubuntu gone case-insensitive?
So, I have a folder on my computer which contains these two files (and other files)
disc membership.pdf
disc membership.pdf (Case Conflict 1)
And I have a folder on an external drive which contains ...
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Loading Dropbox on start-up when my Dropbox folder is on separate partition
My Dropbox folder is on another partition on my harddrive and Dropbox loads on start up. But since the separate partition has't been opened yet, Dropbox complains that my Dropbox folder is missing. So ...
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Solutions for running Dropbox on Ubuntu 16.04 with some kind of encryption?
Dropbox has announced that on November 7, they're dropping support for a wide range of Linux file systems except for unencrypted ext4. See
https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/system-...
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Ubuntu One Significantly Slower than DropBox
I have tried many times to make the switch to Ubuntu One but I never could because of it being significantly slower at uploading files than DropBox. I want the extra space and the integration with ...
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How do I integrate Dropbox in Sync Menu Indicator?
Is there anyway to integrate Dropbox in the Sync (cloud) Menu Indicator?
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Dropbox does not sync on ubuntu 14.04
For mysterious reasons dropbox is not working anymore.
I have added few small pdf to my folder and it is syncing them for hours. I have tried to remove and reinstall dropbox but nothing is changed.
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How can I do individual file encryption on Dropbox? [duplicate]
I'd like to set a single directory inside Dropbox in which files are encrypted on a file-by-file basis.
At the moment, I use a 2Mb Truecrypt container inside my Dropbox which I then have to mount ...
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Dropbox AppIndicator Menu broken in gnome-flashback
The problem
This is a broken Dropbox indicator in gnome-flashback on Ubuntu 16.04.1. (Dropbox version: x86_64-9.4.94)
As it can be seen here, it works fine in Unity. But how can I get that in gnome-...
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Running Dropbox at startup
Please excuse a simple question from a new Linux user.
Running Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5800 @ 3.20GHz × 2.
I installed Dropbox OK with the command:
cd ~ && wget -...
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Dropbox is taking too much CPU time. How can I fix it?
I recently noticed that Dropbox is taking about 50-90% of my CPU for more than just a few seconds sometimes - mostly when downloading/syncing many or large files.
Still, I guess that even when ...
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How can I add a dropbox folder option under my "Places" in Nautilus
Like windows, when you download dropbox it places a folder in the library list. I'm wondering if I'm able to similarly add dropbox under "Places". Thank you in advance for your help.
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How to sync my Dropbox files with a preferred local folder?
I installed Dropbox using following commands
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -
Then I ran the demon with this command:
~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
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