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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
david@ivdweb:5$: echo "Declared home: $HOME"; echo "Real home: $(readlink -e $HOME)"
Declared home: /home/david
Real home: /home/bitnami
david@ivdweb:6$:
The HOME for david is a symlink to the system generated /home/bitnami to make some of the Lightsail setup easier. Wouldn't expect it to cause a problem. Been doing things like that for years - and I've been a Unix sysadmin since 1983. I would expect software to find $HOME once at startup and then just use the inode.
Do I assume Dropbox doesn't like this?
David
Flipped the link, but still the same problem. This time 15 loops of the sleep script.
david@ivdweb:3$: echo "Declared home: $HOME"; echo "Real home: $(readlink -e $HOME)"
Declared home: /home/david
Real home: /home/david
david@ivdweb:4$:
Would Dropbox have to be re-installed from scratch to complete the fix (assuming that was the problem)?
DavidLedger wrote:
...Would Dropbox have to be re-installed from scratch to complete the fix (assuming that was the problem)?
Could be? Or re-link, at least. Try. Using following, for example:
dropbox stop rm -rf ~/.dropbox dropbox start
If no joy, try following:
dropbox stop rm -rf ~/.dropbox ~/.dropbox-dist dropbox start -i
As a last resort, remove the Dropbox directory too.
Good luck.
