On 23/10/12 21:05, Alfred Zhu wrote: > I got the messags saying that Dropbox was running from an unsupported > location after installed nautilus-dropbox from ubuntu repository. I > clicked "Don't ask again" and it seems that Dropbox was running as > intended. I just want to make sure Dropbox really works properly if I > ignored the message. > > To be honest I prefer installing all software from ubuntu repository in > order to keep the consistency of package management system. So even if I > know Dropox officially provides deb installer and newer releases，I don't > want to choose it. > Don't worry, the Dropbox package from the repositories is OK. Choosing "Don't Ask Again" will install the Dropbox client universally for the whole system as this is in conformity with the Ubuntu package management, as opposed to the upstream package which installs the client individually per user.
Auto-update is disabled. If you want to have the latest version; when a new one comes out from here https://www.dropbox.com/release_notes <https://www.dropbox.com/release_notes>, just type in a terminal or run a command (Alt+F2) "gksudo dropbox update", without the quotes, then enter your password and that's it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/909488 Title: nautilus-dropbox forbids dropbox's non-free binaries to replace themselves by properly installing dropbox system-wide To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/909488/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
