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Rene J.4's avatar
Rene J.4
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago
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Ubuntu 24.04.1 - Nautilus Dropbox failed to install

Actual Dropbox runs just fine but got a new package upgrade.   Error while installing : Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Some packages could not...
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  • Rene J.4's avatar
    Rene J.4
    2 years ago

    Здравко, thanks for your quick reply.

     

    i had a dropbox app logo on the upper right site of my screen, it showed options etc.

    i removed " nautilus-dropbox" .

    Synchronisation stopped. The dropbox app was gone.

     

    I reinstalled :

     dropbox_2024.04.17_amd64.deb

    Rebooted.

    The app at the upper right is back but shows no options.

    But mij Dropbox-folder is now syncronising (also shown green(v) in Nautilus).

     

    Dont now why there is a " nautilus-dropbox_2024.04.17_all.deb" ?

    Seems to be recent...

     

     

Rene J.4's avatar
Rene J.4
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Здравко, thanks for your quick reply.

 

i had a dropbox app logo on the upper right site of my screen, it showed options etc.

i removed " nautilus-dropbox" .

Synchronisation stopped. The dropbox app was gone.

 

I reinstalled :

 dropbox_2024.04.17_amd64.deb

Rebooted.

The app at the upper right is back but shows no options.

But mij Dropbox-folder is now syncronising (also shown green(v) in Nautilus).

 

Dont now why there is a " nautilus-dropbox_2024.04.17_all.deb" ?

Seems to be recent...

 

 

Здравко's avatar
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
2 years ago

'nautilus-dropbox' is the old package name of Dropbox application. It's just an empty package for years already. Dropbox keeps it for back compatibility only as a name.

About missing options - Dropbox application on Linux has never worked stable actually. Look around different workarounds here on the forum. Let's hope some of them will work for you.

  • Rene J.4's avatar
    Rene J.4
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    Thank you, i understand, but is confusing. It works now thanks to your tip.

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