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just4bs
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago
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dropbox install problems centos 7.6

Trying to install on a new centos build.  Tried using the .rpm files  but kept getting this: python3 is needed by nautilus-dropbox-2019.01.31-1.fc21.x86_64 python3-gobject >= 3.14.0 is needed by na...
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ats81's avatar
ats81
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

Thank you very much.
This works on my CentOS7 with an external ext4 drive!

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MathUHenry
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

To launch at startup:
/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=/app/bin/dropbox-app com.dropbox.Client
(I just searched for DropBox in the root directory to find this)
To access Startup Applications in CentOS:
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/session-properties.desktop
Change the NoDisplay parameter from true to false
'gnome-session-properties' is  'Startup Applications', you can search for them in the launcher

  • nasdrop's avatar
    nasdrop
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago

    I installed the app from flatpak. It seems to being working fine. But is there a way I can specify which directories I want to sync?

    I don't want to sync all my dropbox direcotries, only the ones I need on the linux side.

  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    6 years ago

    Hey nasdrop!

     

    If you only want to sync specific folders from your Dropbox account to a device, you can use selective sync to determine which folders you don't want to sync.

     

    You can check out more about selective sync from here.

     

    If you happen to be running a headless installation then you can check out the command for this feature here under "exclude".

     

    Let me know if this helps!

  • nasdrop's avatar
    nasdrop
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago

    Im running from flatpak:

    flatpak run com.dropbox.Client

    Only optios are help and debug:

     

    $ flatpak run com.dropbox.Client --help
    usage: dropbox-app [-h] [--debug]

    optional arguments:
    -h, --help show this help message and exit
    --debug

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    6 years ago

    Hey nasdrop; thanks for the additional details there.

     

    I'm afraid we can't help much here since this is not our official desktop application.

     

    As this page outlines, this wrapper is not verified by, affiliated with, or supported by Dropbox. 

     

    You can see a list of our official system requirements here:

     

    https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/system-requirements

     

    I hope this helps to some extent. 

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