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Syncing in Linux
My Linux is not syncing. Is there a way for it to sync automatically? If not automatically then manually?
I have had a Dropbox account for many years but I have not used it much. Now I want to uplaod files to Dropbox and then have them available in a Linux VM. I have installed the Dropbox applications in Windows and Linux. I have a Dropbox folder in both systems. I have changed files and folders in my Windows system and I see the changes in the online Dropbox. The Linux Dropbox does not change.
I found the article Check if your Dropbox files are syncing - Dropbox Help but it says nothing about Linux. I found the article Solved: Syncing is stuck on my Linux devices, what can I d... - Dropbox Community and similar articles and I either do not understand or the articles do not apply to me or they do not work for me.
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Hi SoCalSam,
When you want to just share something between VM and host (whatever they are; including VM Linux & host Windows, but not only) sharing a local folder using the virtualization system (in use) capabilities is much simpler and safer way that use of any external sync system (including Dropbox) and engages less space. You may think about this opportunity. In such a case you don't need any additional install (like Dropbox application install).
SoCalSam wrote:...
I found the article Check if your Dropbox files are syncing - Dropbox Help but it says nothing about Linux. ...
What about using following command:
dropbox status
This command is installed with any official package. If you have used neither deb nor rpm official packed to install, you will need to download the command (script actually) by hands and set it up.
When you say "Linux is not syncing", did you make sure the application is running at that moment and have you linked both application (Windows and Linux) to the same Dropbox account or different accounts are in use? 🧐
Hope this gives direction.
What about using following command:dropbox status
This command is installed with any official package. If you have used neither deb nor rpm official packed to install, you will need to download the command (script actually) by hands and set it up.
When you say "Linux is not syncing", did you make sure the application is running at that moment and have you linked both application (Windows and Linux) to the same Dropbox account or different accounts are in use? 🧐
Hope this gives direction.
That command was not installed. I used the instructions in Install - Dropbox to install Dropbox. Using those instructions, a Dropbox directory was created with the contents of my Dropbox as it existed when I did the installation.
I installed nautilus-dropbox and the status shows that Dropbox is not running. The instructions do not say that we need to execute the daemon more than once and when I do execute it I cannot do anything else. I do not understand how to run the daemon and use the rest of the system at the same time.
SoCalSam wrote:...
That command was not installed. I used the instructions in Install - Dropbox to install Dropbox. ...SoCalSam, On the page you linked to are different instructions (2 groups actually). If you have followed the first group, then you should have the command installed (it's internal part of the package). If you have followed the second group (as seems to be), then you have installed ( by hands, not a package) just the daemon without anything else (including without the control script 'dropbox'). In the second case you need to download and install the control script independently (as noted in the same page) again by hands or install some package (you probably installed rpm).
SoCalSam wrote:... the status shows that Dropbox is not running. The instructions do not say that we need to execute the daemon more than once and when I do execute it I cannot do anything else. I do not understand how to run the daemon and use the rest of the system at the same time.
The daemon can run just once per user context. If you have one running already, you cannot run another (not in the same user context at least). Take in mind that when you run 'dropbox status' in some context you're checking the status of instance running in the same context, if any. If you have ran Dropbox in another/different user context, that left inaccessible for 'dropbox status' and it reports not running!
To avoid mistakes don't run Dropbox application (the daemon - more precisely) using '~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd', but use 'dropbox start'. 😉 To see other possible command variants use 'dropbox help'.
Hope this helps.
