Where to download older versions of Dropbox for Linux ?

[bd88]

Hi there,

Does anyone know where I could get an older version of dropbox-lnx.x86_64 please ?
I need it older than 125.4.3473

I am trying to run dropbox headless on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 box and I get:

/home/<username>/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-125.4.3474/dropbox: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.18' not found (required by /home/<username>/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-125.4.3474/libdropbox_core.so)

The same happens when I use dropbox-lnx.x86_64-125.4.3473 ( which I had here for a few years, never got it working ) and also on the new one that gets downloaded right now from www.dropbox.com, which is dropbox-lnx.x86_64-187.4.5691

It needs glibc 2.18 which is not available for this rhel 7.9 - it comes with 2.17

$ nm -g libdropbox_core.so | grep -i glibc
U abort@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U accept@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U access@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U atoi@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U bcmp@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U bind@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U calloc@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U clock_gettime@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U closedir@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U close@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U connect@@GLIBC_2.2.5
U __ctype_b_loc@@GLIBC_2.3
U __cxa_atexit@@GLIBC_2.2.5
w __cxa_finalize@@GLIBC_2.2.5
w __cxa_thread_atexit_impl@@GLIBC_2.18 <----
U dladdr@@GLIBC_2.2.5
...
...

So, hoping to get around it if I find a dropbox-lnx.x86_64 older than the oldest I have, which is 125.4.3473
I would then check ( with the "nm" command above ) the included libdropbox_core.so file, and as long as it doesn't want a glibc newer than 2.17 it could work.

Thank you.

[Hannah]

Hey @bd88, thanks for joining us on the Dropbox Community.

The Dropbox application is an auto-updating app, so even if you were to install such an older version, it would have to update eventually.

If you'd like, we can however, troubleshoot the most recent version that is giving you an issue.

Firstly, can you please make sure that your computer has the necessary minimum system requirements for the app to work?

Let me know and we'll go from there.

[bd88]

Hi Hannah,

Thanks, no, that's the thing, the prereqs state glibc 2.19 or higher, and I only have 2.17 and can't go higher. They state fedora 21 or higher and I have red hat 7.9. If I went to red hat 8 i would satisfy the glibc prereq but still, it's a bit of a gamble.
I'll take my chances if anyone could supply me an older version, until it updates - by then I would either re-install an older version or would have already updated to a higher/compliant OS.
Thanks v much - any chance you could supply an older dropbox-lnx please , something from around 2016 ? 🙂
Kind regards.

[Jay]

Hi @bd88, the only records we have for older versions of the Linux app would be from this page. 

If you were to install a desktop app from the site, then it might still try to automatically update to the latest version.

[bd88 · Accepted solution]

Thanks Jay, much appreciated.

Using the site you provided, I went back in time a tried a few older versions until I got to one old enough for it to not ask for glibc2.18, but then when it tried linking my account to dropboxd, it error-ed out as following:
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Error

You cannot log in to the Dropbox desktop app because your device is running an unsupported operating system.

You must now be on glibc 2.19 or higher to log back in and use the Dropbox desktop application. We recommend that you update to a supported Linux operating system (Ubuntu 14.04+ or Fedora 21+) or meet the new system requirements.

Additionally, your Dropbox folder will need to be on an ext4-formatted hard drive or partition.

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So now I must contend that I need to fix it at my end somehow.
Thanks so much for your help.
Best regards.

[Jay]

No worries, glad to have helped out a little.