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ztoa
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

No GUI on Debian 12.

Hello, The Dropbox app is successfully installed on Debian 12, but There is no GUI of this app. When I click the Dropbox icon on the desktop, nothing happens. The command of          dropbox s...
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Walter
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3 years ago

Hey ztoa, sorry to jump in, but I just wanted to mention that if you’d like to get the full Dropbox desktop app, you need to use:

 

A computer capable of running the required operating system, and one of the following desktop environments:

 

  • GNOME shell (may need the TopIcons extension to get the tray icon)
  • Unity
  • GNOME Classic
  • XFCE with the corresponding Nautilus dependencies

And these additional requirements, when applicable:

 

  • GTK 2.24 or later
  • Glib 2.40 or later
  • Libappindicator 12.10 or later
  • Nautilus 3.10.1 or later
     
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ztoa
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Walter Thanks for your kind reply.

 

In Debian 12 on this machine,

 

glib: 2.74.6

libappindicator: 0.5.92-1

nautilus : 43.2-1

 

Why the version of libappindicator is lower than 12.10 so much? It seems very difficult to install GTK on Debian 12. I am tring now.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    3 years ago

    Let us know of any updates ztoa 

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      ztoa
      Explorer | Level 4
      3 years ago

      Thanks for your kind reply. Please check this post  , which solve the problem.

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