I am trying to install nautilus-dropbox but am unable to do so. I tried through synaptic with no success. This is where is stops and will go no further:
Setting up nautilus-dropbox (1.4.0-3) ...

Downloading Dropbox... 100% o share and store your files online. Want to learn more? Head to
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url was:"http://www.dropbox.com/"
linktext was:"http://www.dropbox.com/"
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Wasn't sure how to get out of synaptic so I used xkill.
I restarted synaptic and was presented with:
You will have to run"dpkg --configure -a" to fix
In terminal I run:
root@antiX1-desktop:/home/k3vz# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up nautilus-dropbox (1.4.0-3) ...

Downloading Dropbox... 100% o share and store your files online. Want to learn more? Head to
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url was:"http://www.dropbox.com/"
linktext was:"http://www.dropbox.com/"
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Installation will not move past this point.

I'm having the same problem on my debian machine. Is this a bug in dropbox?
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

If a package is installed,"Dropbox" is added to a menu.
(Among using the"Internet" by the Debian menu)
If the menu has it, please start.

You will have to add"dropbox start" to startup file to start automatically in antiX.
(It does not start by the setting of Dropbox automatically depending on Window Manager)

lfever wrote:I am trying to install nautilus-dropbox but am unable to do so.

sounds like you've encountered this
Bug#753148: nautilus-dropbox: package fails to install,"apt-get install" stalls in package configure phase

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balloon wrote:If a package is installed,"Dropbox" is added to a menu.
(Among using the"Internet" by the Debian menu)
If the menu has it, please start.

You will have to add"dropbox start" to startup file to start automatically in antiX.
(It does not start by the setting of Dropbox automatically depending on Window Manager)

Starting dropbox from menu does nothing and the installation continues to hang.

skidoo wrote: sounds like you've encountered this
Bug#753148: nautilus-dropbox: package fails to install,"apt-get install" stalls in package configure phase

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Well for now having dropbox is no big deal. But how can I regain control of synaptic as I am presented with
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. __{{emoticon}}__

Removed pkgs from var/lib/dpkg/updates now I am able to access synaptic again.

you can also download the deb directly from dropbox and install with dkpg.

the dropbox package downloads the dropbox daemon during installation. The deb is just an installer really.


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url was:"https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx"
linktext was:"https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx"
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dolphin_oracle wrote:you can also download the deb directly from dropbox and install with dkpg.

the dropbox package downloads the dropbox daemon during installation. The deb is just an installer really.


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Dropbox is up and running __{{emoticon}}__
Thanks to all for your help.

I met with the same problem in MX-14.2.
It was able to be settled by a method to install .deb package from the site of Dropbox.
A problem seems to produce this by CLI installation.

Dropbox just updated a version to 2.8.4 recently.
A problem might occur by this update.

balloon wrote:I met with the same problem in MX-14.2.
It was able to be settled by a method to install .deb package from the site of Dropbox.
A problem seems to produce this by CLI installation.

Dropbox just updated a version to 2.8.4 recently.
A problem might occur by this update.

I updated to version 2.8.4 and it is working fine for me.

I suspect download locations for the dropbox daemon have changed, and the updates haven't made it to the debian-stable repo yet.

lfever wrote:Removed pkgs from var/lib/dpkg/updates now I am able to access synaptic again.

lfever, how did you @remove@ these pkgs_. I encountered the very same problem and now I cannot access Synaptic. I have antiX 13.2 Luddite.

I am very happy with this stable version and have only run into this problem when trying to install Dropbox.

Thank you in advance.

santotomas wrote:

lfever wrote:Removed pkgs from var/lib/dpkg/updates now I am able to access synaptic again.

lfever, how did you @remove@ these pkgs_. I encountered the very same problem and now I cannot access Synaptic. I have antiX 13.2 Luddite.

I am very happy with this stable version and have only run into this problem when trying to install Dropbox.

Thank you in advance.

Sorry it took so long to reply. You probably already have this solved by now. Best as I can remember, as root I went into var/lib/dpkg/updates and deleted the files. I have started to keep a note book with all of my little solutions and tweaks however that came about after the dropbox issue. __{{emoticon}}__

he used the procedure found here. Its dropbox specific in places.

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