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ericrhenry
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11 months ago
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Problem starting Dropbox client on Linux

I'm having some difficulty getting a new Dropbox client operating on a Linux machine. (I'm using Gentoo Linux, using current net-misc/dropbox and dropbox-cli versions.) Nothing I've done has resulted...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    11 months ago

    Gotcha, ericrhenry.

    As far as we're aware, there's a short time-frame that the setup needs to be completed in. If it's exceeded, it might explain what you described.

    If I understood correctly and if possible, please have someone perform the set up on the target machine directly to see if that makes any difference whatsoever.

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Megan
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11 months ago

Hey ericrhenry, thanks for posting here!

As a first step, have you made sure that your device meets the necessary requirements in order to download, and install the app there? 

Also, if you check next to your WiFi icon, do you see a little Dropbox icon there? If so, can you hover your mouse over this icon, and let me know the version of the app that you're using, along with the app's status? 

Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!

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