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AdamReed
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5 months ago
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Why is the Dropbox desktop application not working on Linux Mint?

When I try to start launch the Dropbox GUI after installing Dropbox (from the Dropbox website) on my Linux Mint desktop, it just flashes and disappears. How can I fix this? Alternatively, how can I c...
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    AdamReed
    5 months ago

    I finally got it to change the directory as I wanted. It turned out that the directions in https://help.dropbox.com/installs/dropbox-desktop-app-for-linux are incomplete, and in the wrong order. The correct procedure on Linux Mint with Mate is:

    Remove dropboxd and dropbox if either (or both) is/are already installed, following the instructions in https://help.dropbox.com/installs/uninstall-dropbox#uninstall-linux .
    Restart.
    Install libappindicator3-1.
    Restart.
    Install ayatana-indicator-application.
    Restart.
    Install dropbox and dropboxd.
    Restart.
    Add Indicator Applet Complete to panel.
    Restart.
    Use the right-hand menu over the IAC on the panel to install the dropbox icon if it is not already installed.
    Restart. Now the icon will be ready for use.

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AdamReed
New member | Level 2
5 months ago

when I give the command "dropbox version", I only get 

Dropbox daemon version: 228.4.5567
Dropbox command-line interface version: 2025.05.20

No GUI version. Does this mean that the GUI is not installed? If so, how can I install it?

 

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Jay
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5 months ago

Hi AdamReed, thanks for joining the Community.

Could you let us know if you followed these steps to install the necessary items for Linux Mint?

This will help me to assist further!

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