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colinhercus
Helpful | Level 5
1 year ago
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Dropbox desktop app Linux Ubuntu failed to install.

Hi, I just received an email about the new desktop app so I downloaded it and tried to install it but the install fails with an error on libglib2. My system is a new install of Ubuntu Mate 24.04 wi...
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  • colinhercus's avatar
    colinhercus
    2 months ago

    Hi,

    I just tried

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install caja-dropbox

    and it is working.
    Thanks, Colin

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Jarno S.
Explorer | Level 3
2 months ago

Any news?

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Walter
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2 months ago

Hey Jarno S. - can you clarify if your device is meeting the requirements as outlined in this page?

If it does, can you try the offline installer from this page and let me know how it goes? 

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