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Ubuntu headless install not working
I'm trying to do the Linux headless install as described at https://www.dropbox.com/install on an Ubuntu 16.04 workstation. It works until I get to the point in the instructions that say "If you're...
Assuming that this is not caused by an antivirus, firewall or VPN/proxy setting on this specific machine, I'll need to ask: have you downloaded the Python script from that page as well tn3?
If possible, could you change your default browser and try again too?
PS: For a list of all the system requirements take a look below:
https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/system-requirements
The Dropbox folder on the remote server hasn't updated since 21st March even though six items were knowingly added on the 23rd and one today. 'dropbox status' still says it isn't running, and the process shown in .dropbox/dropbox.pid doesn't exist.
There is no conventional browser installed on the server, just wget and curl, and the dropbox app itself in that it makes HTTP calls to the Dropbox servers (according to that OAuth page). AWS Linux servers are just virtual machines with a base Linux installation. If you want a browser you have to install one, and I haven't.
My point about the authentication/authorisation is that I haven't claimed to be anybody on the server.
Thanks again
David
Ok, the clarifications, you just made, are important. You haven't mentioned anything about the commands result. I gonna expand them little-bit:
dropbox start lsb_release -d; echo "Shell: $SHELL"; echo "Display: $DISPLAY"; echo "User: $USER"; echo "Home: $HOME"; echo "Installed: $(dpkg -s dropbox | grep Package)"; cat ~/.dropbox/dropbox.pid; echo; ps -C dropbox; dropbox status; dropbox filestatus ~/Dropbox
Execute the two lines in sequence. What is the result?
