On 30 December 2012 19:41, David Guntner <dav...@akamail.net> wrote: > When people have been posting to a discussion thread using (literally) > decades-old conventions for quote-and-reply, it really mucks up the read > of that discussion when a message gets posted where the person replying > decides to top-post his reply above all the others. Just sayin'.... > > Dick Thomas grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On 30 December 2012 18:26, David Guntner <dav...@akamail.net> wrote: > >> > >> Just as an asside, dropbox.com has a Debian .deb package that can be > >> downloaded from it, as well as a Python script that can be used to > >> control it from the shell. > >> > >> That might be worth looking into as well.... > > > [moved to where it should have been....] > > I've found the debian repo package doesn't work, it installs but when > > run the daemon says it's install incorrectly and forwards me to the > > dropbox website. this might of changed since I last tried but it > > might be better to get it from their website > > Don't know about the Debian repo (the only one I could find was for > nautilus-dropbox; and yes I know that you don't have to install Nautilus > in order to use it :-) ). Since I use Dropbox to sync files for my > other computers, I decided to install it on my Debian squeeze box and > see how things went. > > I downloaded the .deb package from dropbox.com and installed: > > > # dpkg -i dropbox_1.4.0_amd64.deb > > Selecting previously deselected package dropbox. > > (Reading database ... 213217 files and directories currently installed.) > > Unpacking dropbox (from dropbox_1.4.0_amd64.deb) ... > > Setting up dropbox (1.4.0) ... > > Please restart all running instances of Nautilus, or you will experience > problems. i.e. nautilus --quit > > Dropbox installation successfully completed! You can start Dropbox from > your applications menu. > > Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... > > Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... > > Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... > > Processing triggers for man-db ... > > (Again, Nautilus is *not* needed in order to run Dropbox. It's just > warning you to exit and restart it if you're using it.) > So far, so good. Then I dropped back to my regular user account and > started it up.... > > > $ dropbox start > > Starting Dropbox... > > The Dropbox daemon is not installed! > > Run "dropbox start -i" to install the daemon > > [davidg@janet Downloads]$ dropbox start -i > > Starting Dropbox... > > Dropbox is the easiest way to share and store your files online. Want to > learn more? Head to http://www.dropbox.com/ > > > > In order to use Dropbox, you must download the proprietary daemon. > > Note: python-gpgme is not installed, we will not be able to verify > binary signatures. [y/n] ^C > > Ok, did a cntrl-C to get out and went back to root for a second to > install the python-gpgme package, then restarted it again: > > > $ dropbox start -i > > Starting Dropbox... > > Dropbox is the easiest way to share and store your files online. Want to > learn more? Head to http://www.dropbox.com/ > > > > In order to use Dropbox, you must download the proprietary daemon. [y/n] > y > > Downloading Dropbox... 100% > > Unpacking Dropbox... 100% > > Dropbox isn't running! > > Done! > > At this point, I checked and found that in my home directory were two > directories, .dropbox and .dropbox-dist - the later being where it > installed the "proprietary daemon" and supporting libraries. The > .dropbox directory looks like it's got settings and a couple of named > UNIX sockets. Checking the .deb package that had been installed > earlier, I found that /usr/bin/dropbox is a python script that handle > manipulating (and downloading if needed) that binary. Cool beans. Ok, > so *now* to start it up! > > > $ dropbox start -i > > To link this computer to a dropbox account, visit the following url: > > > https://www.dropbox.com/cli_link?host_id=6ff61b77b102c00f0dc930b88fd37563 > > Ok, not quite. :-) I posted that URL into my web browser, which asked > me to login with my regular username/password. Once I had logged in, it > asked me for my password one more time to link the computer to the > account. It said all was now well. Tried to start it again.... > > > $ dropbox start -i > > To link this computer to a dropbox account, visit the following url: > > > https://www.dropbox.com/cli_link?host_id=6ff61b77b102c00f0dc930b88fd37563 > > Hmm, I thought that was odd, given that I had already done that. > Decided to check on its status.... > > > $ ps -ef|egrep dropbox > > davidg 27179 1 4 11:03 ? 00:00:20 > /home/davidg/.dropbox-dist/dropbox > > Aha! So it *is* running, despite the odd message. Let's see if that's > actually doing anything.... > > > $ dropbox status > > Downloading 17 files (LAN) (1,498 kB/sec, 3 min left) > > So it *is* working! Huzzah! Checked, and sure enough, there's a > Dropbox directory under my home directory.... > > > $ ls -la Dropbox > > total 99396 > > drwx------ 7 davidg users 4096 Dec 30 11:14 ./ > > drwxr-xr-x 65 davidg users 4096 Dec 30 11:25 ../ > > -rw-r--r-- 1 davidg users 151902 Nov 2 19:32 > Battery_Meter_V2.1.gadget > > -rw-r--r-- 1 davidg users 162459 Dec 15 23:02 > Drives_Meter_V4.1.gadget > > -rw-r--r-- 1 davidg users 29 Dec 30 11:08 .dropbox > > drwxr-xr-x 2 davidg users 4096 Dec 30 11:14 .dropbox.cache/ > > -rw-r--r-- 1 davidg users 246000 Jun 12 2012 Getting Started.pdf > > drwxr-xr-x 3 davidg users 4096 Dec 30 11:09 Photos/ > > drwxr-xr-x 2 davidg users 4096 Dec 30 11:09 Public/ > > Which is, in fact what I see when I check my dropbox directory on the > Windows machines that I have linked up with it. So despite the rather > odd message with the "dropbox start -i" command (which I now realize the > -i is only needed the first time you start it up to install the daemon, > and it just gives you that link message each time). I've noted the man > page says there's a "dropbox autostart [y/n]" command available to have > it start up the daemon automatically when you login. That could be > handy. ;-) > > Well, for those people who have been talking about how to get Dropbox > running on Debian, I hope they will have found my "mindless overkill" > level of detail in this message to have been of some help. <grin> > > --Dave > > > okay will bottom post, (like it matters) when gmail mobile client hides the post making a bottom / threaded post impossible there is no need to be a* about it
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