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fadi
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8 years ago
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Need help installing Dropbox on a Raspberry Pi

Hello guys,  I'm trying to install dropbox on my RPI 3 ModelB with Raspbian OS. I'm running the following commands. pip install dropbox sudo pip install dropbox The dropbox gets successfully ...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    8 years ago

    You're right of course, Rich, I forgot that Raspberry doesn't run on a standard processor, and there is definitely no ARM implementation of the Dropbox app.

    fadi, after glancing at some YouTube videos, it appears they're either using code from Github to directly upload files to the site without the use of an app, or using a service which emulates an x86 environment, to which the desktop app can be installed.

    Hope that helps!

     

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Jay
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8 years ago
Hi there, currently the only supported distros are Ubuntu and Fedora, so the amount of info we can provide is limited.
 
Does the Dropbox desktop application appear in the menu bar? Are you instead doing a headless installation of the app? Have you tried doing an advanced reinstall?
 
Keep me posted!
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Rich
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8 years ago

It's not just a distribution issue; it's mainly the processor. The Raspberry Pi uses an ARM processor, and Dropbox isn't compiled for the ARM processor.

There are no official Dropbox clients that will run on an RPi.

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    fadi
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    Hi Rich, I don't think so. I've seen videos for the Dropbox running on RPI. I'm not sure why i'm not able to do so though. Thanks

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
      8 years ago

      You're right of course, Rich, I forgot that Raspberry doesn't run on a standard processor, and there is definitely no ARM implementation of the Dropbox app.

      fadi, after glancing at some YouTube videos, it appears they're either using code from Github to directly upload files to the site without the use of an app, or using a service which emulates an x86 environment, to which the desktop app can be installed.

      Hope that helps!

       

      • fadi's avatar
        fadi
        New member | Level 2
        8 years ago

        Thanks Jay. So How can I do the emulation thingy? I have tried multiple ways from the net but nothing worked so far. Am I missing something? Even tried the Github codes without success.

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