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Beatboxer's avatar
Beatboxer
Helpful | Level 7
5 months ago
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Do I have to reinstall Dropbox every time I do a software update on my Linux Fedora 42?

I'm running Dropbox on Fedora 42 (Linux). Each time I do a software update for the computer, this warning shows when I log in: Do I really have to reinstall Dropbox each time? This is confusing...
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  • Beatboxer's avatar
    Beatboxer
    3 months ago

    Dropbox is running fine now. I think the answer (or workable workaround) is to click OK on the prompt that comes up (see image at top of thread) or run 'dropbox start -i'.

    (I got an email notification that AugustusHarbor posted a useful comment two days ago, but for some reason it's not showing here in the thread....)

Beatboxer's avatar
Beatboxer
Helpful | Level 7
5 months ago

There were about eight updates in the Fedora (Gnome?) software management app. I don't have any record now of what they were (maybe buried in some log somewhere). One included some Fedora system stuff, I think. None involved Dropbox. After Fedora did the downloads and updates and rebooted, I logged in and got the popup message about installing the Dropbox daemon.

 I clicked 'OK' in the popup message and Dropbox is now working. But it seems strange--that's what I'm asking about in this thread--that I would have to keep reinstalling Dropbox.

Neal's avatar
Neal
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4 months ago

Hi Beatboxer​,

I just wanted to check in and ask if you see this error on a restart (without performing any updates)?

  • Beatboxer's avatar
    Beatboxer
    Helpful | Level 7
    4 months ago

    It's strange. It doesn't seem to happen on a plain reboot. The other day, after several apps and the system were updated, it wanted me to reinstall the "proprietary daemon." But then this morning there were a few more updates, and Dropbox continued fine after I rebooted. 

    It seems that certain kinds of updates must overwrite the daemon file while others do not.

    This morning it was "System Updates," "Firefox," and "XPS 9315 System Update." Somewere I've got the list I jotted down of the last batch of updates. I can find that if it would help.

    Thanks.
    Fedora 42 on Dell XPS 9315

    • Neal's avatar
      Neal
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      4 months ago

      Hi Beatboxer​,

      Thanks for letting me know! Would it be possible if we could get the contents of ~/.dropbox-dist down to two directory levels? Particularly before and after running dropbox -i and accepting the prompt.

      If you have Tree installed you can run:

       tree -L 2 ~/.dropbox-dist

       

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