Package Details: dropbox 246.4.3513-1

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: 2378
Popularity: 1.61
First Submitted: 2009-01-22 14:21 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-04-09 07:12 (UTC)

Pinned Comments

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

Latest Comments

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radioxoma commented on 2026-03-25 20:22 (UTC) (edited on 2026-03-25 20:26 (UTC) by radioxoma)

Please add -f argument to gendesk. Can't upgrade with aura -Ayu:

[dropbox]                         Generating desktop file... no
dropbox.desktop already exists. Use -f as the first argument to overwrite it

sidkurella commented on 2026-03-18 19:53 (UTC)

Please, it would be appreciated if you could add -f to the gendesk call in PKGBUILD. As has been pointed out previously, this would fix compatibility with automated AUR helpers.

rellieberman commented on 2026-01-21 18:36 (UTC)

Kind reminder that mtorromeo is a volunteer and we should appreciate the work he does. No need for hostile language.

rekman commented on 2026-01-21 18:00 (UTC)

All these updates and the package is still incompatible with automated AUR helpers because the goddamn dropbox.desktop already exists error is still present. Can you fucking fix this already, it takes all of one -f flag in prepare() and it has been an issue for several YEARS.

farnsworth commented on 2026-01-16 18:50 (UTC)

same for me, I had to clean ~/.cache/yay/dropbox to be able to recreate the package.

DevInProd commented on 2026-01-16 02:26 (UTC)

Deleting "~/.cache/paru/clone/dropbox" and installing again also worked for me.

Still manual intervention but simple enough.

saghm commented on 2026-01-15 19:01 (UTC)

Building fresh from the latest tarball (in my case, by removing the old instance of ~/.cache/paru/clone/dropbox and installing again, although the steps needed will depend on which AUR helper is being used, if any) seems to work fine for me now. Thanks @mtorromeo!

qjh commented on 2026-01-15 13:37 (UTC)

I also still get the same error, even with the latest version:

==> Starting package()...
install: cannot stat '/home/xxx/.cache/paru/clone/dropbox/src/DropboxGlyph_Blue.svg': No such file or directory
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
    Aborting...
error: failed to build 'dropbox-239.4.8301-1':
error: packages failed to build: dropbox-239.4.8301-1

henriqueffc commented on 2026-01-15 12:30 (UTC)

I applied the changes recommended by @Lisandro and was able to recompile the package. I needed to make the change even with the latest modifications made to PKGBUILD and SRCINFO (https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=dropbox&id=abc9961bdb97f5d2b025dba017ae197b98cda442). Without them, the package still shows an error.

mtorromeo commented on 2026-01-15 08:23 (UTC)

It's fixed now, sorry about that

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