how to install dropbox [SOLVED]

[monsm]

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:

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[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

[barureddy]

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.

[monsm]

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

[chmod000]

Worked for me too...

thanks

[cerddwr]

And it worked for me as well. Many thanks.

[gr650]

Same here, adding

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# otherwise dropbox won't start
net-misc/dropbox librsync-bundled

to /etc/portage/package.use and re-emerging dropbox makes it work flawlessly. Thanks.