Dropbox keeps downloading the same upgrade over and over again on Ubuntu 20.04.04: dropbox-upgrade-144.4.4491.tar.gz

[J-K]

I use Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS and following version of nautilus-dropbox: 2019.02.14-1ubuntu1

Problem: The dropbox syncing daemon keeps downloading the same upgrade over and over again: In this case dropbox-upgrade-144.4.4491.tar.gz. There are already several copies in folder $HOME/Dropbox/.dropbox.cache/tmp_dirs/ .

I have a slow internet connection and it's very annoying that dropbox is blocking it more than needed. I also don't understand why dropbox won't continue to download a partially-downloaded upgrade file (e.g. caused by a timeout or a suspend of the computer) but instead starting over again.

I've seen several download attempts in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS already but now it loaded it 10x without success.

I expect that the upgrade file is downloaded only once and that an already partially-downloaded file is continued instead starting to download from byte 1 again.

[J-K (johannes-out-of-the-forest)]

To disable automatic updates for Dropbox on Linux edit the file /etc/hosts (root privileges needed) and add:

```
#prevent dropbox from updating
0.0.0.0 dropboxstatic.com
```