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Beatboxer
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4 months ago

Re: Do I have to reinstall Dropbox every time I do a software update on my Linux Fedora 42?

drwxrwxr-x. 1 eric eric         88 Aug 13 18:27  .dropbox-dist

Tree runs ok without sudo. I had just been using sudo a lot.

eric@fedora:~$ tree -L 2 ~/.dropbox-dist
/home/eric/.dropbox-dist
├── dropboxd
├── dropbox-lnx.x86_64-230.4.8797
│   ├── ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
│   ├── allocator_metrics.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   ├── apex._apex.abi3.so
│   ├── _cffi_backend.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   ├── cpuid_native.abi3.so
│   ├── cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so
│   ├── cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so
│   ├── dropbox
│   ├── dropboxd
│   ├── fastpath.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   ├── fs_api_python.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   ├── google._upb._message.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   ├── helpers
│   ├── images
│   ├── libatomic.so.1
│   ├── libdropbox_core.so
│   ├── libdropbox_sqlite_ext.so
│   ├── libdropbox_tprt.so
│   ├── libffi.so.7 -> libffi.so.7.1.0
│   ├── libffi.so.7.1.0
│   ├── libicudata.so.42
│   ├── libicui18n.so.42
│   ├── libicuuc.so.42
│   ├── libpython3.8.so.1.0
│   ├── libQt5Core.so.5
│   ├── libQt5DBus.so.5
│   ├── libQt5Gui.so.5
│   ├── libQt5Network.so.5
│   ├── libQt5OpenGL.so.5
│   ├── libQt5PrintSupport.so.5
│   ├── libQt5Qml.so.5
│   ├── libQt5Quick.so.5
│   ├── libQt5Sql.so.5
│   ├── libQt5WebKit.so.5
│   ├── libQt5WebKitWidgets.so.5
│   ├── libQt5Widgets.so.5
│   ├── libQt5XcbQpa.so.5
│   ├── linuxffi_gnu_native.abi3.so
│   ├── linuxffi_pthread_native.abi3.so
│   ├── linuxffi_sys_native.abi3.so
│   ├── linuxinfinite_native.abi3.so
│   ├── nucleus_python.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   ├── plugins
│   ├── posixffi_libc_native.abi3.so
│   ├── psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   ├── psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   ├── PyQt5.QtCore.so
│   ├── PyQt5.QtDBus.so
│   ├── PyQt5.QtGui.so
│   ├── PyQt5.QtNetwork.so
│   ├── PyQt5.QtPrintSupport.so
│   ├── PyQt5.QtQml.so
│   ├── PyQt5.QtWidgets.so
│   ├── PyQt5.sip.so
│   ├── python-packages.zip
│   ├── qt.conf
│   ├── README
│   ├── resources
│   ├── tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   ├── tprt.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   ├── VERSION
│   ├── wmctrl
│   ├── wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
│   └── _yappi.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
└── VERSION

6 directories, 62 files

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  • Dell_Dropbox's avatar
    Dell_Dropbox
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    4 months ago

    Beatboxer​ unfortunately we may have come full circle, our team recommended uninstalling Dropbox, deleting ~/.dropbox-dist and ~/.dropbox, then reinstalling. Which I know which is what originally brought you here to begin with. This case is a thorny one 😬

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