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monsm
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 Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:35 am Post subject: how to install dropbox [SOLVED] |
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Hi,
I am running Gnome 3 on an amd64 system. I have tried to install dropbox, but have problems running it.
I found 2 packages in portage: | Code: |
[I] gnome-extra/nautilus-dropbox
Available versions: (~)0.6.9 (~)0.7.0 (~)0.7.1 {debug}
Installed versions: 0.7.1(01:03:10 03/04/12)(-debug)
Homepage: http://www.dropbox.com/
Description: Store, Sync and Share Files Online
[U] net-misc/dropbox
Available versions: (~)1.2.13!m!s (~)1.2.13-r1!m!s (~)1.2.13-r2!m!s (~)1.2.24!m!s (~)1.2.24-r1!m!s (~)1.2.48!m!s (~)1.2.48-r1!m!s (~)1.2.51!m!s (~)1.2.51-r1!m!s {librsync-bundled}
Installed versions: 1.2.51!m!s(22:22:32 02/22/12)
Homepage: http://dropbox.com/
Description: Dropbox daemon (pretends to be GUI-less) |
So I installed both.
I try to run: "dropbox start". It asks for my login details and seems to start and I can see the sync icons on the folder for a while, but then it seems to stop for some reason. When I try "dropbox status" it says it isn't running. The dropbox website doesn't seem to be much help either.
Any clues?
Mons 
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barureddy
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Sync to the latest portage tree. Use the librsync-bundled use flag when installing dropbox and it should work. You can find the bug in bugzilla. |
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monsm
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| barureddy wrote: | | Sync to the latest portage tree. Use the librsync-bundled use flag when installing dropbox and it should work. You can find the bug in bugzilla. |
Thanks for the tip. Now all sorted 
Mons |
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chmod000
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Worked for me too...
thanks |
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cerddwr
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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And it worked for me as well. Many thanks.
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gr650
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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Same here, adding
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# otherwise dropbox won't start
net-misc/dropbox librsync-bundled
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to /etc/portage/package.use and re-emerging dropbox makes it work flawlessly. Thanks. |
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