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jledv
1 month agoNew member | Level 2
Can't update or install the Dropbox application on Fedora 43 Plasma
Application Affected Dropbox Device custom desktop with ASUS motherboard AND Lenovo X1 Carbo Laptop Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Fedora 43 Plasma and Firefox (both systems) Dropb...
jledv
1 month agoNew member | Level 2
This worked on my laptop, where I had not uninstalled and I was just disabling the repo on the fly in dnf so that updates would work.
On my desktop, I am still getting the same result. I had not deleted the Dropbox repo. I uninstalled the flatpak, then downloaded the new rpm (2026.01.15) and installed using KDE's Discover. When I launch using Discover (or the application launcher) and it prompts me to install the daemon, I get the same message:
Trouble connecting to Dropbox servers. Maybe your internet connection is down, or you need to set your http_proxy environmental variable.
I tried rebooting and that didn't help.
When I run `dropbox status -i` I get the same result that I reported above.
When I run 'dnf list --installed | grep dropbox' or `dnf info nautilus-dropbox`, the repo for nautilus-dropbox is shown as
<unknown>
I uninstalled using `sudo dnf remove nautilus-dropbox` AND removed the repo using `sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/dropbox.repo`, rebooted and installing the downloaded rpm using dnf. I get the same result except that the repo for nautilus-dropbox is shown as
@commandline
AND I get the following error:
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> error: can't create transaction lock on /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/.rpm.lock (Resource temporarily unavailable)
>>> error: -: key 1 import failed.
>>>
Warning: skipped OpenPGP checks for 1 package from repository: @commandline
Neal
Community Manager
1 month agoHi jledv,
This StackOverflow post says that can happen when trying to run RPM commands while a graphical package manager (such as Discover) is running.
I'd suggest trying again!
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