Questions tagged [dropbox]
Web-based file hosting service
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Unable to run dropbox daemon at boot
I installed dropbox on my ubuntu 16.04 following the instructions from http://www.dropboxwiki.com/tips-and-tricks/install-dropbox-in-an-entirely-text-based-linux-environment
Launched the server with ...
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Dropbox requiring nautilus restart every boot after 16.04 upgrade
I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04. I had dropbox installed before the upgrade with no problems.
Now, every time I log in, dropbox prompts that nautilus requires reboot. I can do this fine and ...
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Youtube Subscription list to text file
I want to have an up-to-date text file in my Drop box folder with the URL of all my you tube subscriptions, I've tried using the stock "If You tube then Drop box" but couldn't find what I needed, ...
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can't login to dropbox - version issue
I run Ubuntu 14 LTS, and ran get update and get upgrade just now,
I have a user that runs Dropbox, and it is running great,
I created a new user and try to link it to Dropbox too and getting some ...
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How to fix missing dropbox panel icon with a startup script?
I use Xubuntu 16.10 and I want to run following command (this is the code for fixing dropbox icon) every time Linux session starts:
dropbox stop && env DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="" dropbox ...
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Weird icon on my icon tray
Does anyone know what this is? It started to show up after I installed Dropbox I think, and nothing is showing up when I tried to click it. It doesn't change the behavior of my desktop though and the ...
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How to completely remove DropBox daemon?
I installed the DropBox daemon following these instructions with:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -
But now I have found out that there is a ...
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How to keep DropBox daemon up-to-date?
I use DropBox to sync some files with an online backup I have, all has been going well except for recently I realised that DropBox regularly release updates and my installation does not alert me about ...
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Can't install Dropbox after upgrading to 16.04 LTS
I had Dropbox working perfectly under 14.04 LTS. After a fresh install of 16.04 LTS, I downloaded and installed the Dropbox package and ran dropbox start -i. However, it showed an error that my ...
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How to Create a cron job to backup ghost blog directory
I installed dropbox_uploader and set it up. I've successfully created a backup from the command line, now I'd like to make it a script and make it run at midnight daily. Can someone help me create a ...
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How to Integrate Dropbox in Thunar?
How can I integrate Dropbox into Thunar? I am using Xubuntu 14.04 with Xfce 4.12 installed via PPA, and thunar-dropbox-plugin has been broken. I have also heard that it is not working on Xubuntu 16.04....
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dropbox issue on Xenial
I installed Xubuntu 16.04 one month ago. Since about one week Dropbox asks for an updated to the last version and now it has stopped syncing. I already has the latest version installed (also checked ...
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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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Dropbox problem in Indicator applet in Gnome classic
I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 and as I am more comfortable with Gnome classic, I have installed gnome-session-flashback and happily using that. It has some issues that can be tolerated. However, ...
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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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How to add Dropbox to Nautilus left bar
I use Dropbox a lot, so I would like a way to add its folder to Nautilus' left bar.
As far as I know, we can add the folder Dropbox to bookmarks, but I would like it to be at the top, near Downloads ...
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Dropbox litters my folders with unhidden backup files
Edit: I have mistaken dropbox for gedit's default backup feature, see below.
As the title says when I create a file in any dropbox synchronized folder it creates an unhidden (no . prefix) duplicate ...
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Make Folder a symbolic link to two folders?
I would like to have Ubuntu's default music folder /home/$USER/Music to act pretty much as a library would in Windows. Essentially it would be a virtual folder containing the contents of other folders....
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Nautilus gives Gtk Warning when started
When I run nautilus this warning is generated. I installed dropbox from then its started, But then I
uninstalled dropbox
reinstalled nautilus
reinstalled gnome-session
From my terminal:
~ nautilus
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What is gstatic and why did it show up in my spreadsheet?
I'm running 14.04 LTS. I have a LibreOfficeCalc spreadsheet that I save to Dropbox. Today when I opened the sheet, near the last row containing data is a vertically oriented web address, in red text,...
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Does dropbox sync hardlinks?
I have a folder of large files. I want that folder to be in two different places at once - my Home documents, and my College documents folder.
I've done this with a symlink in the College folder to ...
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Dropbox fail in Ubuntu 12.04
I tried installing Dropbox in Ubuntu 12.04 in the computer that is provided by my university. I do not have root privileges. I tried to install it through Ubuntu Software Center. When I did a reboot ...
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Directory structure for storing images in a file system
What is the best directory structure for storing personal images in a file-system?
I have seen this structure in the past: YYYY/MM/DD/
But I am unhappy with it.
If I want to share a single day via ...
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Synaptic Manager not working
I am a novice who has been trying to work my way through with Ubuntu. I have Lubuntu 12.04 version on my laptop.
Synaptics manager had not been working since the day I changed over to Ubuntu about a ...
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Problems with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [duplicate]
I tried to install dropbox and suddenly it couldn't finish installation.
I tried from the terminal to do it manually and the same,it stucked at 100%.
These are two of the problems are coming through ...
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How to disable the need for making operations with sudo
I can read my Dropbox directory from Ubuntu OS. However, in order to delete/create/move file to this directory I must use "sudo". This means that I can do these operation only by shell.
Is there any ...
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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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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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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 indicator not working properly
The dropbox indicator is not working properly. The third funny looking icon is dropbox.
I can confirm that because this icon disappears after dropbox stop, and it appears again after dropbox start ...
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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 icon corrupted on Xubuntu 15.10 [duplicate]
I installed the latest version of Dropbox from the official site but when it starts the icon on the indicator appears corrupted:
I don't have any way to set preferences or watch progress, however it ...
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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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Can I create a self-destructing file?
I placed a file into my local Dropbox folder. I would like it to exist only temporarily for X numbers of days. After X numbers of days the file should be automatically deleted.
Is it possible to ...
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Dropbox disappearing from system tray after unplugging from second monitor
I am running kubuntu 14.04. Dropbox works fine, and there the icon (with sync status) appears in the system tray.
I have a second monitor, which also has a kde panel on it (no system tray in this ...
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How do you give two users access to a single dropbox folder?
I have two accounts on my computer. One has a password, the other doesn't. They both need access to the same files but I'd also like to keep these files backed up. I'm doing stenography and these are ...
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14.04 software centre problems after trying to download dropbox [duplicate]
After trying to download Dropbox I get an error message in top bar of screen:
"Unknown error ''(E:Malfomed line 56 in source list/etc/apt/sources.list(distparse))' This usually means that your ...
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AppArmor for Dropbox
I'm trying to find an apparmor profile template for limiting dropbox actions to my files. If possible, I would also like to provent it from trying to sync .git directories, due their huge number of ...
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Just simple file syncing for ubuntu
I'm just a new guy with Ubuntu VPS. I've a simple purpose to solve.
I've a gameserver to manage, I've some friends that develop files with me.
Is there any way I can give them some files, folders to ...
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How to launch dropbox
I am new to Ubuntu. Whenever I try to launch Dropbox by clicking the icon in Dash it asks for authentication password. After I put password the dialog box disappears and nothing happens. Want to save ...
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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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How to make Dropbox indicator working in Ubuntu 15.10?
the Dropbox indicator doesn't work anymore in Ubuntu 15.10.
Tried installing appindicator1 and restarting dropbox, but still no indicator appears. How to get it working?
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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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Trouble installing dropbox on Ubuntu 14.04
I am having so much trouble installing dropbox on my machine running ubuntu 14.04. The "dropbox set up" dialog box shows up with a `No internet connection' message.
I have set the proxies under "...
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How to install Dropbox on Ubuntu 14.04 (October 2015) [duplicate]
I make this answered question because it took me a while to find the right solution so I hope it helps somebody (I am a quite new to Linux so I was trying to use the "secure" way to do it):
Dropbox ...
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Custom folder icons for Dropbox, Google Drive, and Github in the Ubuntu 15.04 design?
For design consistencies, I would like to set custom folder icons for my custom folders of the services Dropbox, Google Drive, and Github. Currently, my home folder looks as follows:
Are there custom ...
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How to back up to Dropbox
How do you perform backups to an external server like DropBox using the built in backups program in System Settings?
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DropBox icon not appearing in AppIndicator section top right in GNOME 3.16
I have followed what @A.B. said here, and it worked for Shutter, Skype, and Steam, however it seems to have no affect on the DropBox icon, how come? And is there any fix for this?
OS Information:
No ...
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Problem installing Dropbox on Ubuntu 12.04 (Crouton)
I'm using 12.04 with Xfce on a Chromebook using crouton. The package downloads and says it needs to install proprietary software. It seems to finish and then just does nothing. It also does nothing ...
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Missing dropbox applet indicator. How do I get it back?
Dropbox icons missing from top panel. Reinstalling doesn't fix this problem.
But Dropbox daemon is work perfectly and i can confirm it was running. How can I get an applet indicator for it?
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