Questions tagged [dropbox]
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Turn off "Dropbox almost full" notification
Dropbox for Linux has the annoying habit to send a desktop notification every few hours telling me that my space is almost full. Is there a way (under Gnome-based Ubuntu 17.10 and newer) to filter out ...
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"Launch Dropbox–Website" opens in my editor instead of the browser
When I use the "Dropbox–Website starten" entry from the Dropbox App menu (I guess this would be "Launch Dropbox–Website" in English), a file is generated at /tmp/….html and opened in my editor (...
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Is there a way to view progress when syncing with Dropbox?
Is there a way to see sync progress when uploading and downloading files with Dropbox instead of just the speed and remaining time?
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Turn off Dropbox notifications in Ubuntu 16.04
How can I prevent Dropbox from sending desktop notifications every time I alter or add a file in one of my Dropbox folders? (The code I write is saved in Dropbox, and it's terribly annoying to have a ...
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Back up symbolic links (not the files they link to) with Dropbox
Dropbox follows symbolic links. Apparently this is useful. But I have a folder with very large data files I do not wish to back up online. I have physical backups for it. However, I have various ...
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How to change/customize Dropbox (folder)emblem-icons?
I already changed all emblem-icons (I found so far on my system) in:
/var/lib/dropbox/.dropbox-dist/images/emblems
/usr/share/nautilus-dropbox/emblems/
to no avail. Rebooting the OS doesn't change ...
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how to disable nautilus-dropbox in KDE?
On Ubuntu 12.10 64bit I additionally installed kubuntu-desktop. I installed dropbox in Unity to use it there with nautilus. In Kde this is not the wanted behavior so I installed the dropboxd - Daemon ...
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Tray icons dissapeared ubuntu 15.10
I am currently using Ubuntu 15.10 and I'm experiencing some issues related to tray icons not appearing in the top right corner. For example, programs such as Skype or Dropbox initiate on startup, as i ...
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Problems with Dropbox since Ubuntu upgrade 14.10 -> 15.04
I upgraded Ubuntu from 14.10 to 15.04.
I have the problem that Nautilus crashes when I open the Dropbox folder from the icon in the top bar. The icons on the desktop disappear and the launcher just ...
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Dropbox 3.0.3 context menu cannot be used
I am using Kubuntu 14.10 on an AMD 64 machine.
I have followed the guidelines in
Dropbox Upgrade
and installed Dropbox 3.0.3 using method 1.
The white Dropbox icon shows up on the system tray. ...
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Nautilus Folder Custom Icon syncronize
I have a series of photo directories that I synchronize between computers using Dropbox.
~/Dropbox/Pics/Album1
~/Dropbox/Pics/Album2
In each of these, I have assigned the folder to have a custom ...
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How to install libappindicator1 without removing google chrome
I've just installed Ubuntu 14.04 and now I'm installing all the programs. I have an issue when i try to install Dropbox. Dropbox require an aditional installation called "libappindicator1" but if i ...
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Sync all gnome shell settings
I have different computers (laptop, private, work) and want to sync ALL gnome shell settings, including panels, keyboard shortcuts, gnome shell extensions, ...
My plan is to create a dropbox folder ...
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Could Touchpad-Indicator be conflicting with Dropbox?
OK, I've done a fair bit of searching on this topic, and while I've found several similar situations, I can't find any information on my specific issue.
I'm running a relatively new/clean ...
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Dropbox keeps having me log back in
Each time I boot up Ubuntu, Dropbox asks me to log back and then tells me that I have linked to this computer before, which I have. I am running Ubuntu 12.10 off of a live USB. Dropbox is the only ...
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Dropbox synchronizing every time I press a key in Kate
I've just noticed Dropbox will synchronize a file every time I press a key in Kate(the text editor).
This behavior does not cause problems but it is annoying to say the least.
Is this caused by ...
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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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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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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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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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Ubuntu 20.10 dropbox stuck on syncing after crash
I'm running Ubuntu 20.10. This has happened twice to me. The first time I had only synced a few files before it happened. I clicked on the Ubuntu notification saying "X files have synced" (X ...
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How to install dropbox on a usb persistent live? 18.04
I made a USB persistent live and I tried to install dropbox.
I am having the message that I should move Dropbox to a supported file system.
How to solve it?
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What are ways to synchronize LibreOffice dictionaries across multiple computers?
Clean install of Ubuntu 19.10 with LibreOffice 6.3.3.2 as distributed with the OS.
I prefer to work on a desktop but will work on the same files on desktop and laptop. Also, it's duplicate effort ...
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nemo-dropbox won't install on Ubuntu 18.04
When I try to install nemo-dropbox from Synaptic I get the message,
Could not mark all packages for installation or upgrade
The following packages have unresolved dependencies.
Make sure that all ...
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Can't connect to shadowsocks proxy visa proxychains
I live in China. I am trying to use proxychains to run the dropbox installer through my shadowsocks proxy on Ubuntu 18.04.
I am using shadowsocks-libev and I am able to connect to a blocked site (...
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How do I get dropbox working in Ubuntu 16.04 while running in a virtualbox?
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 in a Virtualbox5, where the host is a windows10 environment. I installed Dropbox in order to share files. After booting dropbox, it crashed and told me to restart Nautilus. ...
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Xubuntu 17.10 + nemo + dropbox support
I like nemo in Xubuntu but the Dropbox support doesn't seem to be available for aardvark. I like the folder emblems to show sync status.
Any ideas on how to add this level of support to nemo in 17.10?
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samba = nouser, make dropbox use same usr
SO here is my issue. I have a Ubuntu 16.04.3 server setup.
I set raid on the server for protection.
mounted raid to /mnt/Dropbox
There are multiples computer that connect to the files on the server. ...
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Importing a case insensitive directory
I am using Ubuntu with a case sensitive file system, and I have downloaded some zipped directories from Dropbox. I assume the zipped directories were created on a case insensitive file system, ...
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Bring back sync status emblems on Dropbox folder
I recently changed the icon of my Dropbox folder to a custom one. Since I've done that, Dropbox no longer shows sync status emblems on the folder. Purging and installing Dropbox from scratch did not ...
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Dropbox not working on Ubuntu 16.04
Dropbox is apparently installed in my Home directory. 'env' via terminal shows a line 'PWD=/home/ray/Dropbox' but I get a message about updating proxy settings when I try to run the application.
Have ...
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Problems with Dropbox and Nautilus in 16.04
Like some others I've been having problems that seem to be related to Dropbox requiring a restart of Nautilus, and then I try that but it doesn't work and I get the following message.
In the ...
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scopes can't find files in other folders
I've just made a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04. I don't use the default folders of Documents and so, because I used some online accounts (Owncloud and Dropbox). The problem is that I can't find ...
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Problem Running Dropbox on Ubuntu 16.04
I'm trying to get dropbox to run on 16.04, but I'm getting python errors when trying to run the daemon. I've installed both via the .deb package, as well as compiling from source, both seem to ...
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Symlink does not work for dropbox
I am backing up home folder by create a symlink in dropbox.
What I did:
cd ~/Dropbox
mkdir backup && cd backup
ln -s ~
What I checked:
ln -l. The symlink is created.
The dropbox folder ...
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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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Dropbox: Ubuntu 14.04, Cinnamon, Nemo
I cant link Dropbox with Nemo. I uninstalled Nautilus, installed dropbox then installed nemo-dropbox, but it doesn't work.
These are the steps I've done:
1: sudo apt-get install cinnamon
2: restart ...
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Font hinting problems in Dropbox, other Qt applications
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and font hinting works perfectly as usual, except for a couple of applications: Dropbox's preferences and Dwarf Therapist. Since they are both Qt apps, I figure that's where the ...
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Why is my SSH session so slow when Dropbox is uploading?
When Dropbox is uploading, my SSH session to a remote server (a DigitalOcean droplet) is extremely slow. By slow, I mean the latency is very high: I type a word and it appears in the terminal 5+ ...
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No dropdown menu appears from Dropbox indicator on Cinnamon
In Cinnamon, the Dropbox indicator does not have a dropdown menu like in Unity. If possible, how can one be made to display?
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How to automatically copy pictures with resizing to some directory?
I'd like to share some pictures with someone using Dropbox. However, I'd prefer to downgrade the resolution of them (they will only be viewed on screen on the other side, so there's no need for big ...
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iotop shows 99.8% IO load on "--render" and "--extension" and "dropbox \fataldb" processes
folks.
System works more or less fine, but stucks from time to time. I've tried to detect using iotop it and it seems that disk io is the bottleneck.
chrome and jbd2 keep writing to disk all the ...
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Disappearing dropbox icon, can't uninstall and reinstall
My dropbox icon from the top bar has disappeared. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall as suggested in an answer to someone with a similar problem but sudo apt-get remove dropbox gets the reply "...
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Dropbox on LiveCD (Persistent)
On a 'persistent' live-USB, the dropbox installation 'forgets' email & password, and reinstalls at every reboot. (The command line client also suffers from the same problem)
Does anyone know a ...
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Dropbox link to www
I have apache installed on my Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit.
I want to link a folder named html from the dropbox, to the www folder.
I pressed right-click on the html folder, and clicked make link, and I cut ...
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Failed to download repository information | Ubuntu 12.10
I already checked for a possible answer to my question, but, how to fix this since my details are different from the other people here. Here's my error information on Software Updater:
[W:Failed to ...
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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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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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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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Why does ACL have permission restrictions?
I am using the dropbox client on my ubuntu. I have a need for user www-data to be able to create files inside folders created by user dropbox. I configured using ACLs to inherit permissions rwx for ...