Questions tagged [dropbox]
Web-based file hosting service
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Can I tell search to check my Dropbox folder?
Currently, the Meta key (for me it's the "Windows" key) toggles a screen that shows all my open windows and a search box.
That search box will find directories deeply nested in in /home/...
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bring back gray dropbox icon
So, on ubuntu 20 and ubuntu 22, the dropbox icon on the top bar is always white.
I remember, on ubuntu 18, it was only white, when it was connected to the internet and was syncing or was fully synced....
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Dropbox 'Waiting to be Linked to a Dropbox Account'
When I execute ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd after
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -,
Dropbox GUI loads, on the notification bar I ...
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How to move Dropbox and Megasync to sdb1 from sda2 - or mount /home on sdb1?
I am running out of space on my main SSD. I just realized that Dropbox and Megasync are mounted and syncing on sda2 which is on this drive (which accounts for most of space), although I thought I'd ...
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I can't turn off dropbox autostart
Dropbox keeps automatically starting on my Ubuntu system, and I can't turn it off. It is installed directly in my home directory (not via Snap or APT).
Dropbox starts automatically upon system boot, ...
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How can I use DropBox as a simple backup?
I'd like to use my Dropbox account to backup my "Documents" folder, without running the risk of deleting something on Dropbox and my files being deleted on my computer. Is there any way to do this?
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20.04.2 Software Store Not Showing Installled Apps or Updates
Software Center was not showing any software (Explore), just blank tiles, and not showing anything more than an eternally whirling whirligig in the Installed tab, ditto for the Updates.
After running ...
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Dropbox stopped syncing automatically
I am using Dropbox to sync my files on Ubuntu 20.04.6. Everything was working fine until about a week or so: my files are not synced anymore. If I pause syncing using the system icon at the top of the ...
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How to use dropbox with exFAT in Ubuntu?
I want to set up my Dropbox folder on a exFAT formatted USB drive, so that I can share it between different computers.
Dropbox tells me to move the dropbox folder to a "supported" drive. I ...
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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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Dropbox .deb package fails to install on Kubuntu
I did a fresh install of Kubuntu 22.04. Tried to install dropbox by downloading the .deb package, but I'm getting the following error. I do:
sudo apt install ./dropbox_2022.12.05_amd64.deb
and it ...
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Can't install dropbox on Xubuntu 22.04
Downloaded the Dropbox .deb on a fresh Xubuntu 22.04 install and tried
sudo dpkg -i dropbox_2022.12.05_amd64.deb
This is the result:
(Reading database ... 193177 files and directories currently ...
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Dropbox stuck on Starting
I have Dropbox set to start on load. However I'm seeing (in the applet indicator) and via:
dropbox status
That it is constantly just stuck on Starting...
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 and latest version ...
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Create disk image of system with data on Dropboxsync
Every month I create a clone of my system disk (containing Ubuntu 20.04.6) using Clonezilla. Recently I started to save my work to Dropbox. For this I use the Ubuntu Dropbox app. The actual Dropbox ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 developed a data leak from about 19/05/23?
I am using a data limited ISP so data usage matters.
From about 19/05/23 22.04 (Jammy) seem to have started using 100M of data every (very approximate) hour.
I have rig with several flavours of Ubuntu ...
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I cannot sign in in Dropbox
I'm using Ubuntu 22.10 with Dropbox desktop application.
It has worked normally until I decided to make a fresh reinstall of the OS to show a friend how to do it-
I have reinstalled the application ...
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Disable Dropbox integration with GNOME Files (without disabling Dropbox sync)?
I just installed Dropbox on Ubuntu 18.04. It decided that I would like having a menu item on Files (Nautilus) to move things to Dropbox (I don't).
So how can I disable this integration (remove the ...
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Integrating Dropbox with file managers other than Nautilus (GNOME Files)
Is it possible to integrate Dropbox in other file managers than nautilus? If yes, which manager would be best suited for this, and how do I set this up?
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Unable install Dropbox and connect hp scanner in my new Dell Optiplex 7400 AIO with UBUNTU 20.04 LTS
I just bought a Dell Optiplex 7400 All-in-One with pre-installed OS UBUNTU 20.04 LTS. I tried to install dropbox by downloading the 64 bit version from https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux but unable ...
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How can I change the Dropbox folder location using only the command line/remote access?
I have Dropbox installed on a remote machine which I can only access via command line. The Dropbox folder installs by default to ~/, which is on a low-capacity SSD that holds my OS and programs. 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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Dropbox error: "Unable to monitor entire Dropbox folder hierarchy"
So I've installed dropbox via this guide, but every time I run ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd, I get the following error:
Unable to monitor entire Dropbox folder hierarchy. Please run "echo fs.inotify....
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How can I make dropbox display an icon in Gnome Shell?
There's no icon of dropbox in the gnome-shell's tray (bottom-right corner). There's just text. I tried different icon themes but still it's missing. Here's a screenshot:
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Upload Files in Chromium which are stored in a Cloud-Storage
I use Chromium.
When I want to upload a file, then Chromium only let me choose local files which I have on my laptop.
I would like to upload images from a cloud-storage (gdrive, dropbox, onedrive, ...)...
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Snap-Firefox does not open Dropbox link
In Ubuntu 22.04 I installed Firefox (105.0b1) with Snap. I use Dropbox (v155.4.5493). If I want to "Launch Dropbox Website" in the Dropbox application then Firefox should open the Dropbox ...
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Nautilus Warning
Newbie here.
I'm trying to use nautilus to change permissions on an external drive. I got this message: Initializing nautilus-dropbox 2019.02.14
** (org.gnome.Nautilus:12071): WARNING **: 09:05:07.134:...
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After upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04.1 to 22.04.1 flatpak package dropbox malfunctioning
So, I upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04.1 to 22.04.1 I have the flatpack Dropbox app installed. It is because the version dropbox officially provides is never up to date with the latest Ubuntu version.
But ...
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How can i make mirror files as if updated a folder the other one gets updated with the same txt
i use password managing app and using dropbox to connect it to the cloud i have 2 copies of the file one inside the dropbox folder which is automatically uploaded to the cloud and the other is in my ...
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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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Is there any way to force Dropbox to open the Dropbox folder in a file manager other than Nautilus?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, with both PCManFM and Nautilus installed.
I've succesfully set the default file manager to PCManFM: I've accomplished that by doing the following steps:
Right-clicking a ...
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Problem with Dropbox Folder - Ubuntu 22.04
I have just installed Dropbox two days ago, but I can't find the Dropbox Folder. I had a laptop with Ubuntu 20.04, and when I installed Dropbox a folder appear in my "Home" folder.
I try to ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Dropbox icon systray
After vanilla installation of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS I have noticed 2 related issues with the icon in the systray.
For clarity, the client was installed from Ubuntu Software, following the usual ...
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How to install Dropbox without apt-key?
Apparently apt-key is deprecated because its design contains a security risk.
The solution is to download the key and store it in a location writable only by the root and then to manually create a ...
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How can I use Dropbox to back up arbitrary folders?
Symlinks are no longer followed in dropbox, so this answer won't help: How can I make dropbox back up folders in my Home Folder like Music?
I have photos folder, I'm on Ubuntu, I want to back up my ...
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is there a utility similar to dropbox/google drive that you can choose multiple folders?
All Dropbox competitors I've tried have the same problem, they only sync one main local folder (all other folders must be inside), is there any utility that you can choose multiple folders on OS to ...
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Error message when trying to install sudo apt-get update
I am a bit of a newbie at this but have been running Kubuntu from ubuntu 14.04 which runs fine, I have been trying to get the dropbox icon to appear in the sys tray (it runs in the background ok) but ...
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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 always updates its dameon at startup
I've upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, and the Dropbox client always asks to update its proprietary daemon. After that, there is two Dropbox icon in the system tray.
The only solution I've found on ...
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How to install and use Dropbox in kde
Dropbox doesn't quite work right under KDE because it relies on nautilus. There's a package called kdropbox available that's supposed to make Dropbox easier to use. I installed it, but calling ...
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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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Fix kfilebox unsatisfied dependencies
When I try to use Dropbox in Kubuntu, I soon discover that Dropbox normally requires nautilus, which does not play well with Dolphin. The app kfilebox, available at Sourceforge, is supposed to deal ...
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Dropbox settings have a font problem
I'm running Dropbox in Kubuntu 20.04 on a Dell laptop with a very high default resolution. When I click on the Dropbox icon on the taskbar, the menu comes up in an incredibly tiny font. How can I fix ...
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Sharing Dropbox files between Ubuntu and Windows
Dropbox stopped supporting for dropbox folder on NTFS partitions in Linux. Until recently I could workaround the issue by keeping the folder on an NTFS partition and using a symbolic link to the ...
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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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dropbox slow on ubuntu 14.04
My dropbox syncing is incredibly slow...
I am using dropbox from the ubuntu repository on an almost fresh ubuntu installation.
I would like to avoid to install the package from the dropbox website ...
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Missing Systray Icon Dropbox v20.10
After a vanilla installation of Ubuntu 20.10 I installed Dropbox from the Ubuntu Software Center and all seemed well. The Dropbox icon appeared in the system tray.
Problem is, I can't be certain when ...
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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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Dropbox Repository
I checked on linux.dropbox.com and the most recent repository is still Disco whose version apparently passed end of life and is not supported anymore.
Is it okay from a security point of view to ...
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Dropbox syntax error
I do not believe dropbox is running. running dropbox status generates an error.
When I invoke dropbox from a terminal, I am getting an error message
~$ dropbox
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", ...
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Ran sudo apt update and shows errors
I am running 21.04
When I run update it shows several errors.
How do I correct them? or should they be ignored?
Thanks Cliff
results of apt update
Ign:9 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease ...