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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's avatar
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
     
TI GP's avatar
TI GP
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Hi Walter.

I found out searching on the web that dropbox dont work correctly with Wayland.

After changing my Gnome Shell back to X11 it worked fine!

Maybe this info need be verified and is important to be showed with the install instructions?

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    3 years ago

    Hi TI GP, thanks for posting here!

     

    Your feedback regarding this has been very valuable and I will endeavor to make sure your voice is heard.

     

    I will pass on your comments to the relevant departments. Thanks a bunch!

    • Kelvin R.2's avatar
      Kelvin R.2
      New member | Level 2
      2 years ago

      I can also confirm that Dropbox doesn't open the GUI on Fedora 40 with Wayland. It syncs the files correctly, but the major problem is that I can't control all Dropbox settings through the command line as I could with the graphical app. Moreover, I don't know if all end users would like to use commands.

       

      All dependencies are installed by default.

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