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Dropbox icon in the taskbar

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Dell Vostro 3558
Manjaro Cinnamon
Dropbox PC Version 238.4.6075-1

I changed Desktop Environment Manjaro Linux operating system from KDE to Cinnamon, and the Dropbox icon doesn't appear in the taskbar. When I start Dropbox, I get this message:

Dropbox requires App Indicator support to display the Dropbox icon in the taskbar. Dropbox will continue to run in the background. For full access to the taskbar icon, you need to update your environment.

From the Dropbox documentation and online, I understand that the icon doesn't appear at all in Cinnamon. Is anyone using Cinnamon having the same problem? KDE doesn't have this problem. On Cinnamon, I installed AppIndicator (is that what it's called?), which is required to display the icon in the taskbar. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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eduardolp3

There was a person with the same problem on the link. They installed everything they needed, plus the "XApp" applet. Hopefully, there won't be any future problems. Thanks!

https://forum.manjaro.org/t/dropbox-deadline-popup-about-appindicator-at-boot/177569

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Jay

Hi @eduardolp3, thanks for messaging the Community!

As we currently support Fedora and Ubuntu for the full Dropbox desktop application experience, the amount of support we can provide for other distros is limited.

Could you confirm that you've installed the pre-requisites for the desktop app?

This will help me to assist further!

eduardolp3

There was a person with the same problem on the link. They installed everything they needed, plus the "XApp" applet. Hopefully, there won't be any future problems. Thanks!

https://forum.manjaro.org/t/dropbox-deadline-popup-about-appindicator-at-boot/177569

Jay

Thanks for the update, I'm glad to hear that this helped you out.

If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

Theresa

Hi there and welcome to the Dropbox Community! It’s great that you were able to get your issue sorted out. 🖥️🔄

Thank you for coming back to update the thread; it really helps others who might run into the same thing!

By the way, I’m Theresa 👩‍💻, one of the community managers here at Dropbox HQ. Since you’ve been keeping an eye on sync activity, I’d love to know... what’s your favourite Dropbox feature? I always enjoy hearing what people find most useful.

Looking forward to hearing more,

T 😺 (Dropbox Community Manager)