[SOLVED] Will we be able to have Dropbox in Slackware 14.2?
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Will we be able to have Dropbox in Slackware 14.2?
Good afternoon Slackers!
I tried to install Dropbox on Slackware -current using Alien Bob's package 1.61 for Dropbox. It would not connect to Dropbox servers because it is too old. Any suggestions for when stable is released?
Thanks!
Last edited by jackmule; 02-12-2016 at 12:11 PM.
Reason: add more info
Will we be able to have Dropbox in Slackware 14.2?
Must admit I am surprised : I actually run current with Dropbox without any problem (fortunatly since my productivity unfortunately relies much on it for now)...
My package works for me too. Just installed it on a fresh -current and on 14.1.
My package contains the dropbox-client only. When you start it from the menu, it will actually call "dropbox start -i" and that will trigger a download of the most recent dropbox daemon from dropbox.com (currently that will be version 3.14.5) if you do not yet have one. There is nothing "too old to connect". I guess that something else is not OK on your computer. See if there is a ".dropbox-dist" directory in your ${HOME} and remove or rename that - it contains the downloaded dropbox daemon plus supporting libraries. If you remove/rename the directory and run "dropbox start -i" the client will download a new deamon distributable.
Dropbox is now on version 3.14.5; maybe that version you are trying to use, 1.6, is too old?
As I explained earlier, 1.6 is the version of the client. And 3.14.5 is the version of the daemon.
My own package contains just the client which downloads the daemon from the Dropbox website automatically when started for the first time.
The SBo script packages the Dropbox daemon, not the client.
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