Thank you Gary, that is similar to what I experienced :) I got prompted for my account password during the install, typed it and then went back to Software Center.
I noticed then that Dropbox was still not installed and I clicked on the Dropbox icon on the Unity application launcher and it prompted me again. I repeated this cycle a few times assuming I hat mistyped my password, I realized the error of my ways when Dropbox popped up several of the same dialog asking me to sign in or create an account. I canceled all but one of the Dropbox dialogs and finished it. Software Center still showed it as in progress. I now realize this is a flaw in the Dropbox installer. Rebooting Ubuntu fixed the status and allowed me to proceed with other installs. I did not try to restart Software Center and probably should have :) Should I report this issue to Dropbox? Thanks, Alain On 2012-04-05, at 1:28 PM, Gary Lasker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello AlainODea, and thank you for your bug report. I have tried to > reproduce and I noticed that the installation of Dropbox includes a > dialog box that appears and must be completed in order to complete the > installation. This is not the usual case with installed packages, as you > know, but it is not disallowed. > > In any case, did you happen to notice that dialog box and complete its > steps? When I tried cancelling out of it, I saw the symptoms you > describe, which is that Software Center does not show the installation > as "complete". I think that's to be expected, at least on the Software > Center side, because the installation process was never actually > "completed". After restart of Software Center, the Dropbox package > showed as installed. > > Please let me know if this might have been that cause of what you saw, > and any other details you can think of. > > Many thanks! > > ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973021 > > Title: > Dropbox install hangs at the end requiring restart > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/973021/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973021 Title: Dropbox install hangs at the end requiring restart To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/973021/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
