@Michael: Ubuntu 10.10 is not support with security updates anymore and should not be used. It is highly suggested to upgrade to a current release. I recommend 12.04.
Regarding this bug. I followed the workaround but couldn't get it to work. For me one step was missing. Here is what I did: 1. install nautilus-dropbox from Software-Center (didn't start it at this point) 2. download dropbox as described in the workarounds (or on the Dropbox website) with the following command in my home directory for 64bit: wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86"; | tar xzf - see https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx for more instructions and 32bit. 3. start Dropbox once (as described on the linked Dropbox page above): ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd Now it works for me. Without the 3rd step, it didn't work for me. NOTE to all affected users. Please do not post here or on the corresponding answers-page comments like "I confirm" or "I'm experiencing the same". Please click instead on the green link on the top of this page "This bug affects x users... Does it affect you too?". Then Launchpad can count you as an affected user and increase the heat of this bug. Thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1016559 Title: nautilus-dropbox installation hangs while downloading To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1016559/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
