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Run the following command in case you got errors during "Verifying source file signatures with gpg..."

gpg --recv-keys 1C61A2656FB57B7E4DE0F4C1FC918B335044912E

Alternatively, you can download Dropbox's public key from https://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/rpm-public-key.asc and import it with:

gpg --import rpm-public-key.asc

You can check whether keys are successfully imported or not using the output of gpg -k. You should find something like this:

pub   rsa2048 2010-02-11 [SC]
      1C61A2656FB57B7E4DE0F4C1FC918B335044912E
uid           [ unknown] Dropbox Automatic Signing Key <linux@dropbox.com>

If you can't run the dropbox@ service normally, try to create a read-only directory ~/.dropbox-dist and run again.

Some useful places for issues about Dropbox itself (not the package):

1. https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Desktop-client-builds/bd-p/101003016 Official Dropbox user feedback forum

2. Arch Linux discussion places: https://bbs.archlinux.org/, #archlinux on freenode.net, https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/aur-general

@rosenberg assuming you're using gnome, have you tried installing and enabling AppIndicator (gnome-shell-extension-appindicator) I had that problem and it fixed things for me.

Hello,it doesn't work for me anymore, it gets killed for no apparent reason

It used to work

➜  dropbox
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/apex._apex.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/google._upb._message.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/apex._apex.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/google._upb._message.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Killed
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/PyQt5.QtCore.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/PyQt5.sip.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/PyQt5.QtGui.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/PyQt5.QtWidgets.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/USERNAME/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-208.4.5824/PyQt5.QtDBus.so'

Hi, thanks for your work on this package.

Could you please apply the following patch, which solves the dropbox.desktop already exists problem?

--- PKGBUILD    2024-08-31 11:07:18.178793373 -0700
+++ PKGBUILD-240831-patched     2024-08-31 11:01:25.553619893 -0700
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 )

 prepare() {
-  gendesk --pkgname="$pkgname" --pkgdesc="$pkgdesc" --categories=Network PKGBUILD
+  gendesk --pkgname="$pkgname" --pkgdesc="$pkgdesc" --categories=Network -f PKGBUILD
 }

 package() {

can you fix the goddamn dropbox.desktop already exists error already, that is trivial and as the package stands it is basically incompatible with any automated AUR helper

Hi and thanks for all the maintenance work! What is the new .nvchecker.toml file for?

@yan12125, wow, you're awesome. thanks! Perhaps this should be added to depends line?

I had the "connecting" issue with tray icon too. And I confirm that installing core/dbus-daemon-units instead of core/dbus-broker-units fixed the issue

OK so i am having an issue with this package. While the flatpak package works perfectly, giving lots of options when you right click on the taskbar icon, this package constantly says "connecting" even after you've connected your dropbox account. It must be some sort of dependency issue. Any way to fix?

I got an email from dropbox about "You're invited to download the Dropbox desktop app". Is this the same thing?

That email points me to https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux .

Randomly getting stuck on connecting without any out of the ordinary logs, both during runtime and sometimes even right after starting the app. Is there any workaround?