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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....)

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Beatboxer
Helpful | Level 7
4 months ago

(I was wrong about not needing to re-install after today's update. The little dots showed up in the screen header but I realized they were not responsive. As you'll see below, "dropbox start" returned "The Dropbox daemon is not installed.")

=======

eric@fedora:~$ dropbox start
Starting Dropbox...
The Dropbox daemon is not installed!
Run "dropbox start -i" to install the daemon
eric@fedora:~$ tree -L 2 ~/.dropbox-dist
/home/eric/.dropbox-dist  [error opening dir]

0 directories, 1 file
eric@fedora:~$ sudo tree -L 2 ~/.dropbox-dist
[sudo] password for eric: 
/home/eric/.dropbox-dist

0 directories, 0 files

====
eric@fedora:~$ sudo tree -L 2 ~/.dropbox-dist.backup
/home/eric/.dropbox-dist.backup
β”œβ”€β”€ dropboxd
β”œβ”€β”€ dropbox-lnx.x86_64-229.4.5197
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ allocator_metrics.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ apex._apex.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ _cffi_backend.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ cpuid_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ dropbox
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ dropboxd
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ fastpath.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ fs_api_python.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ google._upb._message.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ helpers
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ images
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libatomic.so.1
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libdropbox_core.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libdropbox_sqlite_ext.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libdropbox_tprt.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libffi.so.7 -> libffi.so.7.1.0
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libffi.so.7.1.0
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libicudata.so.42
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libicui18n.so.42
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libicuuc.so.42
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libpython3.8.so.1.0
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Core.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5DBus.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Gui.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Network.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5OpenGL.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5PrintSupport.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Qml.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Quick.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Sql.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5WebKit.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5WebKitWidgets.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Widgets.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5XcbQpa.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ linuxffi_gnu_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ linuxffi_pthread_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ linuxffi_sys_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ linuxinfinite_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ nucleus_python.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ plugins
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ posixffi_libc_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtCore.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtDBus.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtGui.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtNetwork.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtPrintSupport.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtQml.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtWidgets.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.sip.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ python-packages.zip
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ qt.conf
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ README
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ resources
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ tprt.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ VERSION
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ wmctrl
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   └── _yappi.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
└── VERSION
=====================================
eric@fedora:~$ dropbox start -i
Starting Dropbox.../usr/bin/dropbox:243: DeprecationWarning: Python 3.14 will, by default, filter extracted tar archives and reject files or modify their metadata. Use the filter argument to control this behavior.
  archive.extract(member, PARENT_DIR)
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/apex._apex.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/google._upb._message.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
<frozen zipimport>:259: UserWarning: google.protobuf.service module is deprecated. RPC implementations should provide code generator plugins which generate code specific to the RPC implementation. service.py will be removed in Jan 2025
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
success!
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/apex._apex.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/google._upb._message.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
<frozen zipimport>:259: UserWarning: google.protobuf.service module is deprecated. RPC implementations should provide code generator plugins which generate code specific to the RPC implementation. service.py will be removed in Jan 2025
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/eric/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'

(dropbox:31362): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: 18:27:31.774: About to Show called on an item wihtout submenus.  We're ignoring it.
Done!
=============
eric@fedora:~$ sudo tree -L 2 ~/.dropbox-dist
/home/eric/.dropbox-dist
β”œβ”€β”€ dropboxd
β”œβ”€β”€ dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ allocator_metrics.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ apex._apex.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ _cffi_backend.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ cpuid_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ dropbox
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ dropboxd
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ fastpath.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ fs_api_python.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ google._upb._message.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ helpers
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ images
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libatomic.so.1
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libdropbox_core.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libdropbox_sqlite_ext.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libdropbox_tprt.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libffi.so.7 -> libffi.so.7.1.0
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libffi.so.7.1.0
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libicudata.so.42
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libicui18n.so.42
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libicuuc.so.42
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libpython3.8.so.1.0
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Core.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5DBus.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Gui.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Network.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5OpenGL.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5PrintSupport.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Qml.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Quick.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Sql.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5WebKit.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5WebKitWidgets.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5Widgets.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ libQt5XcbQpa.so.5
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ linuxffi_gnu_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ linuxffi_pthread_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ linuxffi_sys_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ linuxinfinite_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ nucleus_python.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ plugins
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ posixffi_libc_native.abi3.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtCore.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtDBus.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtGui.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtNetwork.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtPrintSupport.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtQml.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.QtWidgets.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ PyQt5.sip.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ python-packages.zip
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ qt.conf
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ README
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ resources
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ tprt.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ VERSION
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ wmctrl
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
β”‚   └── _yappi.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
└── VERSION

6 directories, 62 files

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