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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
After hours of troubleshooting, I figured it out and got your repository working and your latest version running. However, there's a new problem: the "dropbox update" command seems to install an older version of the daemon over the newer version.
This was the first line shown after running `dropbox start -i`:
Starting Dropbox...[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/joe/.dropbox-dist/VERSION'
That directory had no read/write permissions for any users. I deleted that directory then ran `dropbox start -i` and it worked, the dropbox daemon gets installed and dropbox runs. I assume the flatpak version locked that directory down and did not remove it when uninstalled.
I have the RPMFusion non-free repository enabled (I used it to install Steam). When I ran `sudo dnf update`, it would take priority and install an older version of nautilus-dropbox. I added "priority=1" at the end of '/etc/yum.repos.d/dropbox.repo' and added "priority=20" at the end of '/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-nonfree.repo' to fix that. You might want to include that priority line by default in case other Fedora users have that repo enabled.
So it works! However, there seems to be a problem with running the `dropbox update` command. When I ran `dropbox version` after installing and before running `dropbox update`, I got
Dropbox daemon version: 241.3.4691
Dropbox command-line interface version: 2026.01.15
When I ran `dropbox update`, it showed the progress steps and reported "success!". However, running `dropbox version` now reports
Dropbox daemon version: 240.4.8493
Dropbox command-line interface version: 2026.01.15
I repeated this on my laptop and the same thing happened.
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