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I'm trying to install Dropbox on Linux Mint 20 (derivative of Ubuntu). I installed the package and it installed what appears to be a partial installer. When I run the app that's in the menu, it then proceeds to install the actual Dropbox. Now Dropbox appears in the system tray. The next stop is to sign in. This brings me to Firefox where I login and get a link code. I copy it. Then that's it. I'm stuck with a link code that has no place to go. Attempting to sign in again just brings me back to Firefox.
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I found a workaround. I ssh'ed into the computer and ran Dropbox on the command line as
~/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-114.4.426/dropbox
This causes it supply the link, which I copied and pasted into a browser (on another machine) and once that's done, it lets you pick which account and it automatically does the linking.
But there seem to be two bugs here. One that the GUI version of the Dropbox installer quits after launching the browser so there's no place to paste it and incorrectly misidentifies Linux Mint as not being Ubuntu (that may even be causing the first issue).
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This has nowhere to go. The installer launches the web link and then quits. It doesn't hang around for me to paste the link code in. Also, the installer thinks essentially incorrectly that I'm not running Ubuntu. That's a bug. Mint is close enough to Ubuntu that it should recognize it as that.
I found a workaround. I ssh'ed into the computer and ran Dropbox on the command line as
~/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-114.4.426/dropbox
This causes it supply the link, which I copied and pasted into a browser (on another machine) and once that's done, it lets you pick which account and it automatically does the linking.
But there seem to be two bugs here. One that the GUI version of the Dropbox installer quits after launching the browser so there's no place to paste it and incorrectly misidentifies Linux Mint as not being Ubuntu (that may even be causing the first issue).
Lusil
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
dropbox.com/support
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Yes, it's running normally.
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