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Unable to start dropbox in Ubuntu 20.04
Hi, I am unable to start the dropbox in Ubuntu 20.04 with Headless Mode with the following errors. I had read through all the forums and documents to find out the solution in order to fix this error ...
Still failing for me with client 131.4.3968. I have it working though using a previous build (125.4.3474)
For anyone still having this issue, it happened to me today when trying to install on Ubuntu 14.04, i got it working using build 125.4.3474 as Torga mentioned.
Followed the steps in advanced reinstall here but when it tells you do download the latest client:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -I changed the link to get the older version:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://edge.dropboxstatic.com/dbx-releng/client/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-125.4.3474.tar.gz" | tar xzf -And it worked just fine!
Still no updates on the latest build
timpalpantDropbox Staff
Hi all, thanks for your reports!
We've released a new beta build that addresses this issue: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-desktop-client-builds/Beta-Build-132-3-3795/td-p/546837
Please give it a try if you're encountering this error. You can install it using:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64&build=132.3.3795" | tar xzf -
and then start the client as usual with:
~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
Update (10/1): This has been released to the stable channel, and you can use the regular install process now as described at https://dropbox.com/install?os=lnx
The new build did not resolve the issue for me. I am on Ubuntu 20.04, use encrypted drive.
Please ignore my report. It was antivirus software. SentinelOne thinks dropbox binary from ~./dropbox-dist is suspicious.
Was able to get Dropbox running on my Ubuntu 21.04 server with the mentioned beta version. Before that I got this "Couldn't start Dropbox. This is usually because of a permissions error... " message, after linking the computer via my browser.
Thanks for the support.
BTW I had another error even before I could get the link message, because my PuTTY terminal was forwarding X11 on my headless setup.
Thanks, it works by me (Linux, Offline- https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64 ) as well!
However I'm still having an issue:
When I run './.dropbox-dist/dropboxd', following happens:
Script is running fine, but after the "This computer is now linked to Dropbox. Welcome Pter" message, the script is continuously reading/echoing the console and I can only exit by pressing Ctrl C.
After this I can successfully start the service with './dropbox.py start', sync works.
having same issue, this fixed it for me
Thanks, for this post the older version works flawlessly for me.
