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Hello, my machine automatically updated to Ubuntu 18.04, and the Dropbox icon won't show up in the system tray area in the top right (I think Ubuntu calls them appindicators). I often used the icon shortcut to choose which folders to sync (few times a week for web development). So, how do I the icons to show? Also, is there another way to get to Dropbox settings on Ubuntu?
When I reinstall Dropbox, the icons come back but go away when I reboot.
Let me know if you need more info.
Thanks.
Found this:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1065714/how-to-fix-broken-dropbox-menu-in-xubuntu-18-04
I'll try it when I get home and update this post.
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I was here as you, I remove dropbox from the terminal and then you should install from Ubuntu software the dropbox box
dropbox stop dropbox status # Should report "not running" rm -rf ~/.dropbox-dist rm -rf /var/lib/dropbox rm -rf ~/.dropbox* sudo apt-get remove nautilus-dropbox sudo apt-get remove dropbox rm /etc/apt/source.d/dropbox
Thanks, guys! I'll try both when I get home.
I also experienced this. It turned out to simply be that I needed to re-enable the GNOME Extension "Ubuntu appindicators" using the GNOME Tweaks tool.
This is the easiest, most permanent solution I've found.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/966987/indicator-icons-do-not-appear-after-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10
Remove the old app-indicator vestige from Unity.
sudo apt remove application-indicator
Hi,
hopefully you found a solution in the meanwhile. For those who are still looking for one I fixed the problem by installing the dropbox.deb for ubuntu again that is available as download. I used the "Software install" as explained here.
After restart the icon and menu is still present and the client continues as before with syncing.
But for me it would also be interesting, if it is possible to change settings somewhere in the configuration files. E. g. there is a .dropbox/info.json with sync folder information. Can I edit this to use another folder for sync? Or is something else required?
Jane
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