Technical Issues and Assistance
Hi, I’ve been trying without success to install Dropbox on my Mabox 22.04 Herbolth machine. Can anyone show me how to do this? Thank you.
yay dropbox
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8 aur/dropbox-cli 2020.03.04-4 (+472 0.38)
Command line interface for Dropbox
7 aur/nautilus-dropbox 2020.03.04-4 (+580 0.75)
Dropbox for Linux - Nautilus extension
6 aur/dropbox 146.4.4836-1 (+2366 5.74)
A free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily.
5 community/rclone 1.58.0-1 (14.8 MiB 61.1 MiB)
Sync files to and from Google Drive, S3, Swift, Cloudfiles, Dropbox and Google Cloud Storage
4 community/python-zxcvbn 4.4.28-2 (384.8 KiB 2.4 MiB)
Python implementation of Dropbox's realistic password strength estimator
3 community/python-stone 3.3.1-1 (262.9 KiB 1.6 MiB)
The Official API Spec Language for Dropbox API V2
2 community/python-dropbox 11.28.0-1 (877.0 KiB 13.0 MiB)
Python SDK for Dropbox Core APIs
1 community/perl-net-dropbox-api 1.9-10 (10.0 KiB 15.7 KiB)
Net::Dropbox::API - Perl dropbox API interface
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==> 6
:: Checking for conflicts...
:: Checking for inner conflicts...
[Aur:1] dropbox-146.4.4836-1
:: (1/1) Downloaded PKGBUILD: dropbox
1 dropbox (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==>
:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: dropbox
==> Making package: dropbox 146.4.4836-1 (Sat 30 Apr 2022 10:49:42 AM EEST)
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Found DropboxGlyph_Blue.svg
-> Found terms.txt
-> Found dropbox.service
-> Found dropbox@.service
-> Downloading dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 100M 100 100M 0 0 11.0M 0 0:00:09 0:00:09 --:--:-- 11.4M
-> Downloading dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz.asc...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 473 100 473 0 0 5980 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 5987
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
DropboxGlyph_Blue.svg ... Passed
terms.txt ... Passed
dropbox.service ... Passed
dropbox@.service ... Passed
==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums...
dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz ... Passed
dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz.asc ... Skipped
==> Verifying source file signatures with gpg...
dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Making package: dropbox 146.4.4836-1 (Sat 30 Apr 2022 10:49:54 AM EEST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Found DropboxGlyph_Blue.svg
-> Found terms.txt
-> Found dropbox.service
-> Found dropbox@.service
-> Found dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz
-> Found dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz.asc
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
DropboxGlyph_Blue.svg ... Passed
terms.txt ... Passed
dropbox.service ... Passed
dropbox@.service ... Passed
==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums...
dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz ... Passed
dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz.asc ... Skipped
==> Verifying source file signatures with gpg...
dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
-> Extracting dropbox-lnx.x86_64-146.4.4836.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Starting prepare()...
[dropbox] Generating desktop file... ok
==> Sources are ready.
==> Making package: dropbox 146.4.4836-1 (Sat 30 Apr 2022 10:49:58 AM EEST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> WARNING: Using existing $srcdir/ tree
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
==> Tidying install...
-> Removing libtool files...
-> Purging unwanted files...
-> Removing static library files...
-> Compressing man and info pages...
==> Checking for packaging issues...
==> Creating package "dropbox"...
-> Generating .PKGINFO file...
-> Generating .BUILDINFO file...
-> Generating .MTREE file...
-> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: dropbox 146.4.4836-1 (Sat 30 Apr 2022 10:50:02 AM EEST)
==> Cleaning up...
[sudo] password for spiros:
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (1) New Version Net Change
dropbox 146.4.4836-1 201.33 MiB
Total Installed Size: 201.33 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [######################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) installing dropbox [######################] 100%
Optional dependencies for dropbox
ufw-extras: ufw rules for dropbox
perl-file-mimeinfo: opening dropbox folder on some desktop environments
xdg-utils: for "Launch Dropbox Website" and file manager integration
[installed]
libappindicator-gtk3: make tray icons themed under some desktop environments
like KDE plasma [installed]
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Reloading system manager configuration...
(2/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(3/3) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
# dropbox
Do you get anything different?
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Thanks so much for your solution sng. Running yay and checking your output I was able to locate my error. Dropbox now installed. Thanks again.
-Phil
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