Package Details: dropbox 211.4.6008-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/dropbox.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: dropbox
Description: A free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily.
Upstream URL: https://www.dropbox.com
Licenses: custom
Submitter: mtorromeo
Maintainer: mtorromeo
Last Packager: mtorromeo
Votes: 2375
Popularity: 2.49
First Submitted: 2009-01-22 14:21 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-10-30 08:51 (UTC)

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yan12125 commented on 2019-01-05 16:39 (UTC) (edited on 2019-02-27 08:11 (UTC) by yan12125)

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>

yan12125 commented on 2018-08-01 11:41 (UTC) (edited on 2020-01-24 15:13 (UTC) by yan12125)

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

yan12125 commented on 2017-11-06 15:13 (UTC) (edited on 2019-03-18 03:50 (UTC) by yan12125)

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

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GordonGR commented on 2014-02-25 09:51 (UTC)

cedricmc's workaround doesn't work for me :S A dropbox application does open, but it doesn't sync, and when I open its preferences it won't let me unlink my account so I can relink it (it's greyed out). I suppose the problem is that the welcome box won't pop up. Weird :S

<deleted-account> commented on 2014-02-24 10:28 (UTC)

cedricmc's solution worked for me aswell. it's a simple package with stable dependencies, i cannot for the live of me figure out why it is suddenly behaving like this on Arch. It is not producing any error codes either that are of any use.

theOptimizedCode commented on 2014-02-23 11:30 (UTC)

cedricmc's workaround worked out like a charm for me..

pngaudioguy commented on 2014-02-22 15:07 (UTC)

Did you try the workaround that cedricmc posted below? Install dropbox, then quit and make sure the daemon isn't running. Make sure that the folder you plan to sync into (default is /home/your username/Dropbox) doesn't exist. Then type one line at a time: mkdir ~/tmp && cd ~/tmp wget -O dropbox-lnx.x86_64-2.6.7.tar.gz "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" tar zxf dropbox-lnx.x86_64-2.6.7.tar.gz .dropbox-dist/dropboxd The box welcoming you to Dropbox should pop up, with options to create an account or sign in, and where you want to sync your Dropbox, etc. After signing in and letting it start to sync you can quit out. Re-start the new (2.6.13-1) Dropbox from your menu or installed location. It should continue syncing. You can now remove the temporary version with: rmdir ~/tmp

<deleted-account> commented on 2014-02-22 12:08 (UTC)

I tried the 2.6.13-1 version this morning on a fresh install of arch 64_86 and i could not get it to work at all. It doesn't make a ~/dropbox folder and instead complains it cannot find it, all option on the account tab of the preferences screen are greyed out and i cannot link my account. - I tried removing the ~/.dropbox folder. - I tried creating the dropbox folder manually. - I chowned both folders. Everything else seems to be fine, but if i cannot link my account the package is useless ...

pngaudioguy commented on 2014-02-20 19:18 (UTC)

cedricmc's instructions below work with one substitution for x86_64 (the 32 bit binaries didn't work for me.) wget -O dropbox-lnx.x86_64-2.6.7.tar.gz "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" Obvious if you're familiar with Linux, but you'll have to extract that .tar.gz file that you downloaded with tar zxf or similar, which gives you the .dropbox-dist folder for his next line. Also, make sure that the new version isn't running when you try to start the sync, and that you don't already have a Dropbox folder in your /home/user folder, or it won't detect that it's a new installation and you still won't get the option to input your account info.

cedricmc commented on 2014-02-19 18:35 (UTC)

Workaround: login with a previous version and exit mkdir ~/tmp && cd ~/tmp wget -O dropbox-lnx.x86-2.6.7.tar.gz "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" .dropbox-dist/dropboxd (login & wait to start sync & close dropbox) cd .. && rm -r tmp

cedricmc commented on 2014-02-19 16:19 (UTC)

Dropbox 2.6.12-1 does not show the login dialog, however it does sync already linked accounts. Checked on two different systems x86_64.

roukoswarf commented on 2014-02-15 16:35 (UTC)

http://ix.io/aw8 New pkgbuild for 2.6.8-1 with sha512sums corrected, did not check for i686, probably needs correcting too.

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