Dropbox without nautilus
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pcmanfm (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: pcmanfm
Not all Ubuntu variants use nautilus, the official dropbox client relies purely on nautilus so LUbuntu, Fluxbuntu and such need to install nautilus to get this running.
I have made a script which will download and install the commandline dropbox which will work regardless of filemanager, This is a much more all encompassing approach rather than expecting nautilus to be available.
The script does have one flaw whereby if the (default option) view dropbox folder then the script fails. Otherwise it will run as a service like cups, samba and similar and can be stopped / started using the service command
Enjoy:
#!/bin/bash
cd $HOME
SYSARCH=$(uname -m)
if [ $SYSARCH == "i686" ]; then
wget -O dropbox.tar.gz "http://
else
wget -O dropbox.tar.gz "http://
fi
tar -xvzf dropbox.tar.gz
rm ./dropbox.tar.gz
~/.dropbox-
wget http://
chmod 755 /usr/bin/dropbox.py
sudo mv dropbox.py /usr/bin
wget http://
echo "DROPBOX_
tail -n 76 ./UbuntuStartup | head -n 59 >> dropbox; echo "exit 0" >> dropbox
rm UbuntuStartup
chmod +x dropbox
sudo mv dropbox /etc/init.d/
sudo update-rc.d dropbox defaults
Works flawlessly in a vanilla install of Lubuntu.
| Julien Lavergne (gilir) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in pcmanfm (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) wrote | #3 |
| actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) wrote from: Andrew Woodhead | #2 |
Thank you for your bug report.
If you want this script to be ship in Lubuntu, you need to package it. It shoudl include the python file, and all the commands you run in the script.
I know there is also a work-in-progress to package dropbox (http://
But I think there is enough information for a dev to work on it, so I set it as "Triaged".