Score:3

Can't install dropbox on Xubuntu 22.04

ye flag

Downloaded the Dropbox .deb on a fresh Xubuntu 22.04 install and tried

sudo dpkg -i dropbox_2022.12.05_amd64.deb  

This is the result:

(Reading database ... 193177 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack dropbox_2022.12.05_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dropbox (2022.12.05) over (2022.12.05) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dropbox:
 dropbox depends on libgtk-4-1 (>= 4.8.0); however:
  Version of libgtk-4-1:amd64 on system is 4.6.6+ds-0ubuntu1.
 dropbox depends on gir1.2-gtk-4.0 (>= 4.8.0); however:
  Package gir1.2-gtk-4.0:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package dropbox (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dropbox

Version >=4.8.0 of libgtk-4-1 only seems to be available for Xubuntu 22.10.

Score:2
US flag

Install the previous version of dropbox if you don't plan to update Ubuntu to 22.10.

The following online directory holds various Dropbox's releases for Ubuntu: https://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/pool/main/

The dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb version works well with Ubuntu 22.04.

Artur Meinild avatar
vn flag
Please add additional information beyond only a link. Thanks.
ru flag
@ArturMeinild as the link is to the Dropbox linux repositories for the "older version" downloads, I think this link is OK. But answer poster SHOULD add more info on how to use this link, what to download, how to install what they download, etc.
Alexander Zeitler avatar
ye flag
Downloading the `dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb` fixed it for me.
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