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Dropbox needs to update the required Fedora repository.

Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this. This is just a heads up that Fedora Linux was updated earlier this week to 42 and so the Dropbox Fedora repository is now producing error messages as it's still pointing to 41. The repository is at https://linux.dropbox.com/fedora.

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6zhx7u

Yeah, I had to disable the Dropbox repo so I can update. Hopefully this gets addressed soon.

6zhx7u

A temporary workaround:

Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/dropbox.repo

Change the line

baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/$releasever/
to
baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/41/

dpeebles

Thanks! I did consider editing the repo file as I thought that the 42 one is probably going to have the same contents as 41 for a while but, like you, I just disabled it and will wait until the 42 repo is created.

Hannah

Hey @dpeebles and @6zhx7u, thanks for your feedback on this.

Our team is actually aware of the issue and it is currently being worked on.

Once we have an update, we'll let you know more.

dpeebles

Many thanks Hannah.

keitarobr

Thanks Hannah.

Conductor

Adding my thanks to Hannah as well as to 6zhx7u for the workaround. I had been using an upgrade to 42 from 41 (and from 40), where I did not see this issue. Today, after a clean install, the issue arose in Discover. The CLI did no better and more clearly exposed the repo issue, so I came here to find the answer I was looking for.

It's also an opportunity to thank Dropbox for supporting Linux. That support is much appreciated.

dpeebles

I second the thanks to Dropbox for supporting Linux. Dropbox has been fine for me on Linux for many years but I've noticed that the menu on the KDE system tray has become much more useful recently.

Timaojaowejr

I just did a clean install of fedora workstation 42.

I downloaded Dropbox for fedora from dropbox.com/install-linux

The file opened software and i clicked install.

Now I get following error when opening Dropbox:

so far it seems like my files are syncing in the background but I can't open the app.

The GNOME extension "AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support" says incompatible.

Also Dropbox doesn't show up in Software under installed.

Thanks

Nancy

Hi @Timaojaowejr! Thanks for posting on our forum today and welcome aboard.

It seems that you’re having a similar issue as the one reported here.

Please check out the replies from our Dropboxers there and let me know if you have any further questions, or if you need further help.

Keep me in the loop.

Timaojaowejr

Thank you for your response. The thread you suggested also came up in my search for a solution but sadly didn't resolve my issue. I tried reinstalling the dropbox package without uninstalling as suggested.

For everything else I don't see how it applies to my situation specifically since I use the newest fedora and not ubuntu.

Dell_Dropbox

Hello @Timaojaowejr

Is it possible you may be using a browser that doesn't have the GNOME Shell integration extension installed? It can be a bit confusing, but essentially, you first need to install a browser extension, which then allows the website to communicate with your system and install GNOME Shell extensions directly.

When you have the browser extension installed, you would be able to then toggle the extension to 'ON' and get the prompt to install the GNOME extension for app indicator

Timaojaowejr

Yesterday 3v1n0 released version 60 of AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support. After booting up my system today and executing "sudo dnf upgrade" and restarting everything works perfectly. So I was just a little bit too early to complain, sorry.

Nancy

No worries, @Timaojaowejr! Glad to hear everything’s back to normal again.

Let us know, if you need something else.

nathanieloffer

Updating Fedora from the terminal and I'm getting these error messages

Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: REDACTED) - http://linux.drop
>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: REDACTED) - http://linux.drop
>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: REDACTED) - http://linux.drop
>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: REDACTED) - http://linux.drop
>>> Librepo error: Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried

If you weren't already aware of the issue I just wanted to let you know.

Walter

Hi there @nathanieloffer - thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Can you please clarify your device's exact OS version and the version of the Dropbox desktop app that's giving you this error?

Any additional information or screenshots are more than welcome!

nathanieloffer

Hi, I'm running Fedora 42

6.14.6-300.fc42.x86_64

Dropbox version v224.4.4811

There's no point providing a screenshot because the text log I posted came directly from the terminal DNF output during an update so there's nothing else to be seen.

Walter

Does the issue persist after reinstalling the app @nathanieloffer?

nathanieloffer

The app is working currently. The error appears when the update process tries to query the repo for information. I'd rather not uninstall it right now because as you can see, I don't have a way to get the app again.

Megan

Hey @nathanieloffer, thanks for the heads up here!

I checked internally about this, and it seems that our team is actually aware of the issue and it is currently being worked on.

Once we have an update, we'll let you know more.

Thank you for your patience!

catlover

Its already broken again

catlover

Still not resolved, still broken. Why does dropbox hate linux?

Hannah

Hey @catlover, sorry to see you're having this issue.

Can you give us some more info on your case?

What is your exact setup and OS info and which version of the Dropbox app are you currently using?

Any additional info you think will be helpful, please share it with us as well.

mark-B

I also have fedora 42, latest updates. I installed the gnome extension but the icon just shows "..." and cannot be interacted with. If i load MS teams the tray shows an icon for that app so i believe the extension is working.

mark-B

I thing i noticed is that teams shows up in the list of apps with "notifications"

Nancy

Hi again, everyone! I'm chiming in to let you know that this is still being implemented.

For further updates, please keep an eye out on this page.

Nancy

Hey everyone! Please make sure to check out this post for more info.

dpeebles

I don't know whether you've noticed but the Fedora repo has now been updated (https://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/). I've edited /etc/yum.repos.d/dropbox.repo and changed the line to

baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/$releasever/

and

baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/

and tried to update the system, but it doesn't update for either option. I'd be very grateful if you have any suggestions.

Conductor

My suggestion is to delete the line that ends in "42" and keep the "$releasever" line, since "$releasever" is a place-holder for the version of Fedora that you are using.

Conductor

I think I misunderstood your post, @dpeebles. Sorry.