Questions tagged [dropbox]
Web-based file hosting service
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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
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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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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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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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"Files" application closes immediately, nautilus segfault
After installing Dropbox on a clean install of Ubuntu 22.04, when I try to open the "Files" application, it opens a window and then immediately closes it. When I try to run nautilus from 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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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 is not syncing anymore after upgrade to Kubuntu 20.04
I upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04. Now the Dropbox icon keeps switching between "network folder" and "box with circular arrows" as if a lot were going up and down, but ...
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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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Moving localhost to new directory: 403 Error with permissions set
I had my apache localhost set up and working in /home/x/Documents/Sites, but I wanted to move the Sites folder into my Dropbox folder in order to keep it backed up.
I moved the Sites folder from /home/...
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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 ...
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File search not working completely in folders or at all when uploading
When I search for files on my computer through file system it seems to work, although I think it's been inconsistent (working when I tested right now....). When I search for files when I'm trying to ...
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Maestral doesn't start at login
I have installed Maestral and activated the "Start Maestral on login" option on preferences.
But Maestral doesn't start at login.
Here is the content of ~/.config/autostart/maestral-maestral....
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DropBox system tray icon is black - and no libGL in NVIDIA proprietary drivers
The system tray icon of DropBox is completely black and thus indistinguishable from the background.
In order to solve the problem, this post suggests to substitute DropBox's libGL with NVIDIA's libGL ...
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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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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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Remote shutdown Ubuntu 20.04 with Google Home
I want to tell Google Home to shutdown my Ubuntu 20.04 machine. I have followed this guide:
How can I remotely shutdown Ubuntu using Google Home?
If I run the script mentioned in the post manually and ...
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Dropbox installation does not work on Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
I have a computer with Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS and I'm trying to install Dropbox.
I've tried to download and install the .deb file from official site, and the installation seems ok, but after inserting my ...
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dropbox startup problem xubuntu 20.04
I downloaded and installed dropbox via dpkg -i and when I try to start I get the error: "It was not possible to start Dropbox" (generally a problem with security access?) And it produces the ...
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How to install Dropbox on Ubuntu 20.04 hard drive partition?
I want to install Dropbox on Ubuntu 20.04 but not in home directory. I prefer to directly install it in one of my hard drive partition, say, /media/user/partition1/. It will also be convenient for me ...
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Backup copy of fstab on Dropbox
For security reasons I want to keep a copy of ~/etc/fstab on Dropbox.
In terminal, I executed the following command:
sudo cp /etc/fstab ~/Dropbox/fstab.bak -p
This copied the file to the local folder ...
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Dropbox Smart Sync 18.04 LTS
I have upgraded Dropbox (Personal) to Dropbox (Personal Plus) which provides 2TB of (paid) cloud storage.
Clearly, with that amount of potential storage, syncing to the local drive will be an issue ...
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Pause Dropbox after sync
Is is possible to automatically pause dropbox after sync? I am thinking, every time I start my computer, dropbox is also starting. But, is it possible to get Dropbox to pause or close directly after ...
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Python package gi is not found, although python3-gi is installed
I am trying to install the gi package for python3 (it is required for dropbox). I do:
$ sudo apt install python3-gi
and get:
python3-gi is already the newest version (3.36.0-1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly ...
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Update Notifier pop-up says "Start Dropbox to finish installation."
Upon starting my system, a window pops up and states:
"Dropbox Start Required - Start Dropbox to finish installation."
If I ALT+TAB then it claims this a window of "Update-notifier". This ...
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Dropbox on external drive - sync afresh every time?
I hope this isn't a silly question for which I'm missing an obvious answer... So: because of the lockdown, my wife and I need to both work on the same desktop (Ubuntu 18.04) and we use dropbox to ...
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How do I format just part of an external HDD?
I have an external HDD with one NTFS partition. I need to shrink that partition and add one which is formatted as ext4 for use with Dropbox. The format utility built into Ubuntu seems like it can ...
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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 won't sync on Ubuntu 18.04
I have tried every solution I can find by googling, so I'm resorting to posting a question. If this has been solved, please point me to the solution because I can't find it.
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 ...
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dropbox preference not saving ("Start Dropbox on System start-up" 19.10 (xfce)
I just installed Dropbox by following the tutorial on their website (https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux)
The installation went OK. The command window stayed open and stuck running (not sure if ...
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