MyDbox,interactive Dropbox installer (cloud storage utility)
MyDbox 1.2 version available
December 14th, 2014 UPDATE: 1.2 version available.
Look at first post, in this thread, to find the pet.
Enjoy!
Look at first post, in this thread, to find the pet.
Enjoy!
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Dropbox still not starting
I uninstalled the 2.10 version, deleted the .dropbox stuff from the root and home folders and deleted /opt/dropbox, and then installed mydropbox-1.2.
But I'm still getting the "Couldn't start dropbox" message! Perhaps something didn't get completely uninstalled before, because when I rebooted after uninstalling the earlier version and the files, I got a "can't find dropbox" or something like that upon booting.
Also, by the way, the dropbox-dist folder was created again in the root folder. After Dropbox wouldn't load, I tried moving it to home and linking back to root, but that didn't help. On the other hand, I found that mydropbox-1.2 did put the .dropbox folder in home with the link-back to root. And no /opt/dropbox folder was created.
But I'm still getting the "Couldn't start dropbox" message! Perhaps something didn't get completely uninstalled before, because when I rebooted after uninstalling the earlier version and the files, I got a "can't find dropbox" or something like that upon booting.
Also, by the way, the dropbox-dist folder was created again in the root folder. After Dropbox wouldn't load, I tried moving it to home and linking back to root, but that didn't help. On the other hand, I found that mydropbox-1.2 did put the .dropbox folder in home with the link-back to root. And no /opt/dropbox folder was created.
Re: Dropbox still not starting
You have to read carefully first post in this thread. Yesterday, I updated MyDbox and its information. I wrote about new Dropbox update specific Dbus requirement, too. All is written there (follow read-more link, in that post, and install Dbus before MyDbox). I suggest to uninstall every Dropbox-related stuff again (except "Dropbox" folder) and to follow instructions.phredo wrote:the dropbox-dist folder was created again in the root folder. After Dropbox wouldn't load, I tried moving it to home and linking back to root, but that didn't help. On the other hand, I found that mydropbox-1.2 did put the .dropbox folder in home with the link-back to root. And no /opt/dropbox folder was created.
If you still have problems after procedure above, you could post temporary error file created by Dropbox (look at address in error window).phredo wrote:I'm still getting the "Couldn't start dropbox" message!
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You were correct: I hadn't read the first entry. With Dbus loaded first, it now works!
But the new interface is annoying. It wouldn't let me choose my home drive, saying there was already a Dropbox folder there. I had to trick it by first renaming my Dropbox folder to something else, selecting the home drive for Dropbox, let it start to update, quit Dropbox, delete the new Dropbox folder, and rename my old folder to Dropbox. When I restarted Dropbox, it began happily indexing my files. (I did the above to save having to download all my files from the Dropbox server.)
"All's well that ends well." Thanks for being on top of everything!
But the new interface is annoying. It wouldn't let me choose my home drive, saying there was already a Dropbox folder there. I had to trick it by first renaming my Dropbox folder to something else, selecting the home drive for Dropbox, let it start to update, quit Dropbox, delete the new Dropbox folder, and rename my old folder to Dropbox. When I restarted Dropbox, it began happily indexing my files. (I did the above to save having to download all my files from the Dropbox server.)
"All's well that ends well." Thanks for being on top of everything!
thanks Whitesnow,
it's good to have dropbox working again
it's good to have dropbox working again
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phredo wrote:Thanks for being on top of everything!
666philb wrote:thanks Whitesnow,
it's good to have dropbox working again
Can you tell me if Dbus, that I compiled, works well in Tahrpup, too? I haven't tried yet.
Puppus Dogfellow wrote:yes, thank you, Whitesnow.
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dropbox is working fine with tahrpups native dbusWhitesnow wrote: Can you tell me if Dbus, that I compiled, works well in Tahrpup, too? I haven't tried yet.
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Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331
Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331
hi Whitesnow,
it might be worth including the dropbox.py script https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py it allows you to control dropbox from the command line.
for instance i have a small script in my public folder.
if i drag a file from my public folder onto it , i get the download link put straight into the clipboard.
it might be worth including the dropbox.py script https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py it allows you to control dropbox from the command line.
for instance i have a small script in my public folder.
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#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/dropbox.py puburl "$@" | xclip -i -selection clipboard
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Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331
Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331
Integration of dropbox.py script in MyDbox
Hi 666philb,666philb wrote:hi Whitesnow,
it might be worth including the dropbox.py script https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py it allows you to control dropbox from the command line.
I knew that script, but I never thought about its potentiality, until now.
Next release of MyDbox will download that script, too.
Many thanks for sharing this useful script!666philb wrote:for instance i have a small script in my public folder.if i drag a file from my public folder onto it , i get the download link put straight into the clipboard.Code: Select all
#!/bin/sh /usr/bin/dropbox.py puburl "$@" | xclip -i -selection clipboard
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Re: MyDbox 1.2 version available
Thank you very much WhitesnowWhitesnow wrote:December 14th, 2014 UPDATE: 1.2 version available.
Look at first post, in this thread, to find the pet.
Enjoy!
Finally Dropbox works on Quirky 7.2.1 32bit using dbus-1.8.12_i686.pet from your repository and after the following command...
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dbus-uuidgen > /etc/machine-id
thank you for your kind reply. yes, now the installation worked. but there is no menu entry, and i don't know how to start mydbox or the dropbox installer.watchdog wrote:I have tested working mydbox-1.2_noarch.pet in my frugal install of slacko 6.3.2. Perhaps was the download link temporaly unavailable? Try again.
i just made a fresh install of a slacko 632, then tried to install the Dbus and Mydbox pet packages, and also got a "failed to install" window ??watchdog wrote:I have tested working mydbox-1.2_noarch.pet in my frugal install of slacko 6.3.2. Perhaps was the download link temporaly unavailable? Try again.