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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

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Rene J.4

@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...

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Здравко

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

@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

'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.

Rene J.4

Thank you, i understand, but is confusing. It works now thanks to your tip.