Download Dropbox For Linux
Gaynell Suchanek
As mentioned above, nautilus-dropbox is released on a GPL license. However, due to legal requirements, we can only accept patches into our release if you release your patch into the public domain. Don't worry, we'll still credit you in the CONTRIBUTORS file included with every package. To submit your patches, contact us. If you want to develop on the Dropbox platform, visit our developers site and check out our API.
it stopped working. I was able to set up enpass, but without dropbox sync. tried flathub and RPM. Tried chrome and firefox. Enpass is showing loading, after clicking allow... oh. It synced, but after like 10th attempt... and only after setting up Enpass from backup.
I need to save (and overwrite) a file via the cron (hourly) to my dropbox account. The file needs to be stored in a predefined location (which is shared with some other users).
Another solution I just tried is a bash utility called Dropbox-Uploader.After configuration through the same steps as above (app creation and token generation), you can just do: ./dropbox_uploader.sh upload mylocal_file my_remote_file, which I find pretty convenient.
While checking the preferences menu on my Dropbox app from Linux, I noticed that a new hyperlink named 'Try the new dropbox Desktop app' appeared. However, it seems that it is only available on Mac and Windows.
If the new version for linux doesn't come out, will it be possible to continue using the old one?
Will there be a lightweight client for folder synchronization only (like the current one, for instance)?
FYI, if you can offer any troubleshooting, please consider me a linux newbie for anything beyond the GUI. I have no problem using a terminal/CLI, but instructions will have to be clear and complete. Thank you!
(I guess there is still an open question about the python script, as I tried to run the testdropbox script file again and still got the error, but since that's not causing me current problems, I'll let it slide for now.)
I had not done the Advanced Re-installation; I only removed dropbox by right-clicking Dropbox in the GUI panel main menu and selecting uninstall, then reinstalled it (I tried multiple uninstalls and reinstalls using both the .deb package downloaded from the Dropbox site, and installing using the Software Manager). However, I've now completed the Advanced Re-installation steps, unfortunately with the same results: the program says it is syncing but it's not. Thanks again!
You can copy content above and paste in a file with name like a "testdropbox" (for example) using simple text editor of your choice in your home folder. It's a simple Python script. To do some work this script has to be made executable. This can be achieved using following command:
Thank you so much! I received an error in running the script file and not sure what it means, so here's a screenshot of my terminal window along with the first several lines of the "textdropbox" file I created. I hope this is helpful:
Before launching dropboxAUR for the first time, it is mandatory to have python-gpgme installed. Otherwise, the program is unable to sign the binaries and verify the signatures, when it is started the next time. For some reason, dropboxAUR has not marked this package as a required dependency but it is still such.
Since at least version 2.4.6 (see comments around 2013-11-06 on AUR), Dropbox has had an auto-update capability which downloads a new binary to the /.dropbox-dist/ folder. The service then attempts to hand over control to this binary and dies, causing systemd to re-start the service, generating a conflict and an endless loop of log-filling, CPU-eating misery.
For KDE users, no further steps are required, as KDE saves running applications when logging out and restarts them automatically. Similarly for Xfce users, Dropbox will be restarted automatically next time you login since the dropbox.desktop file has been placed in /.config/autostart.
To have Dropbox automatically start when your system boots, simply enable the systemd service, passing your username as the instance identifier. The service unit to be enabled takes the format dropbox@username.
Pay attention to use different .../.dropbox-dist/dropboxd binaries. Even when setting a custom HOME value, the /opt/dropbox/dropbox or /opt/dropbox/dropboxd wrappers allow only one instance and when started they will kill the one already running.
Workarounds have been created; see for example dropbox-fix2AUR[broken link: package not found]. These workarounds are based on substituting the filesystem detection functions by the use of LD_PRELOAD.
Several file managers such as Thunar, GNOME Files or its fork Nemo come with extensions that provide context menu entries for files and folders inside your Dropbox. Most of them will result in a browser action such as opening the file or folder in dropbox.com or sharing the link. If you experience these entries not working, then it is likely you have not set the $BROWSER variable which Dropbox requires. See Environment variables for details.
For the last one, I did have to install jq and tree but after that I got confused. I couldn't figure out where my .dropbox directory should be. My Dropbox folder is in /mnt/sdc1. I found a .dropbox in there, but when I tried /mnt/sdc1/Dropbox/.dropbox/info.json, like so
jq gave a "No such file or directory" error. I also tried /.dropbox/info.json and /mnt/sdc1/.dropbox/info.json and got the same results. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to change another part of the command?
Installing the Dropbox deb files from the Dropbox website (Ubuntu or Debian, I have not tested others) will not install Nautilus, although gdebi says a Nautilus extension will be installed. Installing just Dropbox from Ubuntu sources in Synaptic or in terminal will neither install Nautilus. File manager integration is also provided in Synaptic (Ubuntu sources) with the packages nemo-dropbox and caja-dropbox, as well as with libnet-dropbox-api-perl.
There is nemo-dropbox. "Nemo dropbox is an extension that integrates the dropbox web service with your cinnamon desktop. - installing this package will download the proprietary dropbox binary from dropbox.com."
That should mean that the simplest solution of installing Dropbox without Nautilus for Nemo file manager is to just install the extension nemo-dropbox: that will install Dropbox with Nemo integration. But that is limited to Nemo.
Install dolphin-plugins, then enable the Dropbox service under Configure Dolphin... > Services > Dropbox. This adds the option "Move to Dropbox" for non-dropbox-ed items; inside Dropbox folder it shows this
Remark: if dropbox was installed from the command line, the line "Exec=dropbox start -i" doesn't work, it needs to be replaced by "Exec=/home/username/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd" where /home/username is your home directory.
I had the same issue and I ran all the above commands without any results. I was not able to uninstall no matter what so instead I ran with sudo apt install nautilus-dropbox and it installed all over again and at last I was able to launch and enter.
Further findings; the settings accessible by right clicking the dropbox tray icon does follow gtk theme and font settings. It is the initial set up that does not, and that is crucial to the account and linking of the computer. Nothing works in Dropbox without the initial account linking from your computer in the desktop linux application. (just to be clear that the web site has nothing to do with this computer set up)
I also wanted the capability to quickly run scripts against them. The iPhone app Shortcuts allows you to run arbitrary code via ssh which was a perfect solution for me, so I needed my todo files somewhere that I could ssh into. For me, this was an linux server I keep running. These are the steps to setup Dropbox syncing a particular folder to your linux server.
The first time it executes, it asksfor authorization, but, after that, you basically just leave that terminal opento keep the app working on your machine. This type of long-running program iscalled a daemon, and, in many modern distributions of Linux, daemons are managed with systemd.You can create a service file, which tells systemd how to treat your daemon,then tell systemd to start it now, and start it on boot, and you are done.Fairly easy. I went a-Googling for Dropbox service files and realized all ofthem needed root access! When running it manually, there is no need for rootaccess, so systemd shoudln't need it either. With that sentiment, here is the userlevel dropbox systemd service file I came up with (see the docs for more information).
If you want to sync any folders that are not contained within your home/Dropbox/ directory, then you can use a symbolic linc to do so. Check out this stack exchange post to find out more: -to-sync-my-dropbox-files-with-a-preferred-local-folder
Hi and thanks for maintaining this package!I recently got a 4k screen and am having issues with the dropbox tray icon and gui being extremely small and being very hard to view. looked for various solutions online but didn't find any.Could you please point me in the right direction?Thanks alot!
My problem (stuck on starting) is resolved. nothing to do with AUR. if you run into the problem, the solution is chattr -R -i \Dropbox and move any files it turns up outside dropbox. more here. -and-Installations/dropbox-hangs-on-quot-starting-quot-in-Manjaro-and-in-Fedora-38/m-p/695346. thnx for suggestions!
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