Dropbox keeps downloading the same upgrade over and over again on Ubuntu 20.04.04: dropbox-upgrade-144.4.4491.tar.gz
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nautilus-dropbox (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
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-
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-
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-
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
```