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Rene J.4's avatar
Rene J.4
Helpful | Level 5
2 months ago

Ubuntu 24.04.1 - Nautilus Dropbox failed to install

Actual Dropbox runs just fine but got a new package upgrade.

 

Error while installing :

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 dropbox : Breaks: nautilus-dropbox
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Newly installed Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS (because previous 22.04 was crashed during upgrade)

Using : nautilus 1:46.2-0ubuntu0.2 amd64

 

Upgrade package :

Package name nautilus-dropbox
Update system APT
Package description Dropbox integration for Nautilus
Current state New version 2024.04.17
Installed version 2019.02.14-1.2build2
Available version 2024.04.17
Installation source Noble

 

  • Rene J.4's avatar
    Rene J.4
    2 months ago

    Здравко, thanks for your quick reply.

     

    i had a dropbox app logo on the upper right site of my screen, it showed options etc.

    i removed " nautilus-dropbox" .

    Synchronisation stopped. The dropbox app was gone.

     

    I reinstalled :

     dropbox_2024.04.17_amd64.deb

    Rebooted.

    The app at the upper right is back but shows no options.

    But mij Dropbox-folder is now syncronising (also shown green(v) in Nautilus).

     

    Dont now why there is a " nautilus-dropbox_2024.04.17_all.deb" ?

    Seems to be recent...

     

     

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20

    Hi Rene J.4,

    Why at all do you try install dummy package? 🤷 Just remove deprecated 'nautilus-dropbox' and install the actual one only - 'dropbox'. That's it. 😉

    Good luck.

     

    PS: It's not something new that Dropbox cannot format properly their packages, so don't rely on the automatic dependency resolution.

    • Rene J.4's avatar
      Rene J.4
      Helpful | Level 5

      Здравко, thanks for your quick reply.

       

      i had a dropbox app logo on the upper right site of my screen, it showed options etc.

      i removed " nautilus-dropbox" .

      Synchronisation stopped. The dropbox app was gone.

       

      I reinstalled :

       dropbox_2024.04.17_amd64.deb

      Rebooted.

      The app at the upper right is back but shows no options.

      But mij Dropbox-folder is now syncronising (also shown green(v) in Nautilus).

       

      Dont now why there is a " nautilus-dropbox_2024.04.17_all.deb" ?

      Seems to be recent...

       

       

      • Здравко's avatar
        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20

        'nautilus-dropbox' is the old package name of Dropbox application. It's just an empty package for years already. Dropbox keeps it for back compatibility only as a name.

        About missing options - Dropbox application on Linux has never worked stable actually. Look around different workarounds here on the forum. Let's hope some of them will work for you.

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