Dropbox on slackware 12.1 *solved*
Is there a way to get dropbox to work on Slackware? I know it normally runs on Gnome using nautilus, but I didn't know if there is a way to get it working on KDE/Slackware.
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Dropbox is built around Nautilus, so there is no avoiding it. The best you could do would be to install the GNOME libraries and Nautilus from one of the third party GNOME-on-Slackware projects, and then simply run Nautilus from within KDE.
Running "nautilus --no-desktop" should allow you to run Nautilus without it trying to take over your KDE desktop. |
That worked...I just installed the libraries from gnomeslackbuild.org and ran nautilus --no-desktop and it seems to be working on KDE. Thanks!
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I figured out a way to install Dropbox on Slackware without having to install Nautilus first. I made a howto that I posted on my website.
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nautilus-free solution
This solution is actually by v3gard, but the website he mentioned previously is now dead ("move along...") so I thought it would be convenient to post the solution here where it may be easily found. Again, just to make it clear, I take no credit for the solution, I can merely attest that it works.
First, you must download the Fedora-version of dropbox at www.dropbox.com (download the right one for your architecture, wether it's x86 or x86_64). In the directory where you downloaded the package, issue the command (replacing the 0.6.3-1 and x86_64 with the appropriate version and architecture for you): Quote:
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Or get a package here (should work on Slackware 12.1 too): http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/dropbox-client/
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Wow, not one but two legends of Slack - dugan & alienbob - replied. That's very cool ^^
I still think the solution is interesting and worthwhile, since you can keep up with the Dropbox releases (hopefully) by simply making and upgrading to a new package... Alien's package, for instance, is one release outdated ;P Anyway... as always, there are many solutions to the same problem. I'm just glad I remembered this one after v3gard took it down and had the opportunity to post it here. Best regards to all. |
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Eric |
Dropbox in Slackware
Hello, thanks to Alien Bob for the Dropbox package. I installed it fine on my Slackware 13.1 box. I can get Dropbox running just fine, but I'm wondering if I should expect to see the contextual menus for Dropbox (e.g., sharing options) when I right-click on a folder or file in konqueror? Right now, I'm not seeing them, and I don't have the Dropbox status icons on the folders like I do on my machine running that other popular OS. It would be nice to share folders and files from my Linux machine. And if anyone knows of a way to share from the command line, that would be great. Thanks.
Michael |
I just installed kdropbox, now called kfilebox, from http://kdropbox.deuteros.es/
It was v simple. Downloaded source, compiled as per README instructions. On first run it downloaded the daemon, prompted for email/password and connected to my dropbox account. Now I have a dropbox tray icon in KDE and all my files in ~/Dropbox (default folder, but I could've changed it on first run). I'm running -current with KDE 4.4.5. Source was kdropbox-0.4.1.tar.gz regards Phil |
I followed the advise of pg99
It downloaded deamon, but after gave a mistake QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. What does it mean? I am still seating without dropbox on Slackware. |
hi volvoz, welcome to LQ.
next time you need help, please don't hijack a thread started in 2008: things are changed in the meantime (for instance, the program you used isn't updated since two years). to try helping you we need more informations: - which slackware version are you running (please note also if 32 or 64 bit)? - which desktop environment are you running? have you tried using the SlackBuild (howto) or the prebuilt package from Alien Bob? |
You are right, next time I will find newer topic.
I am using Slackware 14.1(x64) with KDE. I started from SlackBuild (tried dropbox and kfilebox) and dropbox-client from the second link. But I didn't manage to start dropbox. |
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I just tried this: - installed the prebuilt client from Alien Bob; - installed the daemon with Code:
dropbox start -i - followed instructions on screen. after an initial sync everything is running fine (also when logging in again). |
I did so. The computer gave me the following mistake (both root and normal user)
Starting Dropbox...Dropbox isn't running! Done! bash-4.2# Couldn't start Dropbox. This is usually because of a permissions error. Storing your home folder on a network share can also cause an error. Get more help at https://www.dropbox.com/c/help/permissions_error Please contact Dropbox support with the following info for help: /tmp/dropbox_errorGoStd5.txt I also created the folder Dropbox manually, but nothing changed. |
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It looks like everything is operating now.
The key point was the following: my computer is quite old and not fast at all, so after getting the error message I aborted the processes, because nothing happened for 10 minutes. This time I forget about it and after long time the daemon downloaded and everything started. Thank ponce for help |
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