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Takeshi1
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

The installation of dropboxd can't be completed on my linux box

Hi. I'm trying to install dropbox on my linux box, which is runnnign Debian 9 (stretch). 1. Download of dropbox $ cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf...
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Takeshi1's avatar
Takeshi1
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Hi Walter. Thank you for your reply.

I reinstalled Dropbox based on your suggestion. But the result is the same as before.

So, I logged a ticket about this problem.

I'm happy to post my findings.


Take care.

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Walter
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8 years ago

Thanks for your swift and kind response Takeshi1!

I have found your ticket on our system and replied to you there. Take a look at your email's inbox for my message so we can work on this together :nerd:

Thank you for your patience and cooperation so far.

Cheers

 

  • damiansz's avatar
    damiansz
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    Hey, it's not a solution to take a look into an email's inbox. I have the same issue. Please post here the soluttion!

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
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      6 years ago

      Hi damiansz; thanks for joining our discussion here and sorry to hear you're having issues with installing our desktop app on your Linux machine.

       

      May I ask for some additional information like the exact OS and build you're using?

       

      If you're getting a specific error, please send me a screenshot  so I can have a look!

      • edwardc's avatar
        edwardc
        Explorer | Level 3
        6 years ago

        I've essentially the same problem on both Ubuntu 20.04 (Mate) and Mint 20 (Mate), using Dropbox's instruction to download and install:

        cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -

        ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd

         

        It hangs at:

        dropbox: load fq extension '/home/userid/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-100.4.409/PyQt5.QtDBus.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'

         

        FYI, I am attempting to connect to an existing Dropbox account.

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