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Posted: **Tue 08 Mar 2011, 20:58**

For some reason this Dropbox has started not working properly on puppy linux. After every boot dropbox is now asking for for your setup details..very annoying..! however, Brown_mouse has found a portable dropbox that seems ok

http://portablelinuxapps.org/download/Dropbox%201.1.43

This is compiled on puppy from the source here https://www.dropbox.com/downloading

any problems, let me know

You will need to install python for it to work... here's python for lucid puppy http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... -Lucid.pet

For slacko you can use the dropbox in the slackware repos. To enable them, open the Puppy package manager and press the configure button.
Then tick the 3 slackware repos and the slako, and press OK (don't press update!! )
then exit the PPM entirely. When you restart the PPM the slackware repos will be available.
type dropbox into the find bar and install it (Note: you only need dropbox.. there's no dependencies)

666philb

Posted: **Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:55**

I tried this on Quirky 1.2.0 NOP XFCE Desktop that I added quite a lot of other apps in, so whether a vanilla version will run it I do not know.

It runs fine, though I did have to add a couple of things, a thunar dropbox plugin and jemimah's xdg-open script to open files.

All seems good everything works, Thunar now has Dropbox in the right click context menu.

Jemimah's xdg-open script xdgopen-1.pet

Edit added thunar_dropbox-0.2.0_i686.pet, this plugin works with dropbox installed on Saluki.

Posted: **Thu 14 Apr 2011, 03:45**

Hey 666philb,

This is great, I've been playing around with it works really well

the next best thing to running a vpn for file sharing

with the free 2gig storage it more than enough for my needs.

The context menu in Thunar makes it easier to manage, especially the copy public link.

Posted: **Thu 14 Apr 2011, 11:14**

I use the portable version 0.7.110 from portablelinuxapps on 525 so far so good.

Artie

Posted: **Thu 14 Apr 2011, 20:43**

hi geoffrey

I haven't had a go with your pet as i don't use thunar. It sounds good though, that right click to get a download link , i would find very convenient. Do you know if there's a way to get it to work on rox?

If you ever need more space, there is also 'spideroak' which gives you 2gb
http://sourceforge.net/projects/portabl ... k/download

and if you don't mind using wine , there's sugarsync which gives you 5gb
https://www.sugarsync.com/

cheers

666philb

Posted: **Thu 14 Apr 2011, 20:50**

Artie wrote:I use the portable version 0.7.110 from portablelinuxapps on 525 so far so good.

Artie

I made this .pet as there was a post complaining about the version of the portable one. I used to use the portable but now use the .pet. there's really no difference. Although the pet, may update itself.

666philb

Posted: **Sun 04 Dec 2011, 19:21**

nice work, added to wiki
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/DropBox

Posted: **Sat 17 Dec 2011, 11:39**

I'm using LuPu 528, update 2.

Dropbox install worked fine, but it won't autostart after boot, although this option is ticked and the .config/autostart folder contains dropbox.desktop.

If I start Dropbox manually, it starts the set-up assistant asking for my account data which is quite annoying. Having completed the new set-up, everything seems to work fine.

Any idea how I can make Dropbox autostart and remember my account data?

Posted: **Sat 17 Dec 2011, 13:00**

hi jodother

in root there are 2 hidden dropbox folders (press the eye at the top to show hidden folders) in one of them you will find the dropbox executable.

drag and drop this into /root/startup and choose symlink/link relative

it should now auto start

666philb

Posted: **Mon 19 Dec 2011, 21:44**

Thanks a lot 666philb

Dropbox now auto starts but it's still weird:

The first screen that shows up asks for the proxy configuration, the second screen asks for my account data. While I'm typing it jumps back to the 1st screen and so forth, until I entered my complete account data. Then there comes another screen asking if I want to use my former configuration. After confimation Dropbox seems to run as it should.

Posted: **Tue 20 Dec 2011, 09:19**

hi jodother

if it's doing this every time it autostarts, then i would try uninstalling it, & deleting the 2 hidden dropbox folders in root, and starting again.

mine only asks the first time to set it up... then autostarts silently... just appearing in the taskbar.
(i'm linking the dropbox executable in /root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox to Startup)

666philb

Posted: **Wed 28 Dec 2011, 15:55**

if it's doing this every time it autostarts, then i would try uninstalling it, & deleting the 2 hidden dropbox folders in root, and starting again.

mine only asks the first time to set it up... then autostarts silently... just appearing in the taskbar.
(i'm linking the dropbox executable in /root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox to Startup)

Have tried this with 528, but still need to enter dropbox username and password, skip tour, etc. Any other suggestions?

Posted: **Wed 28 Dec 2011, 17:32**

you could try using the portable one here http://sourceforge.net/projects/portabl ... 3/download

once downloaded, you may need to right click on it, and choose 'permissions' the make searchable/executable. for it to work

Posted: **Fri 30 Dec 2011, 22:50**

Thanks for the suggestion, 666philb. I uninstalled previous version of Dropbox and installed the portable version. When I start Dropbox now, it starts without going through the setup procedure each time. However, I cannot get it to automatically start at startup. Tried sym link and script in Startup folder, but neither cause Dropbox to start.

Posted: **Sat 31 Dec 2011, 01:57**

jodother wrote:Thanks a lot 666philb

Dropbox now auto starts but it's still weird:

The first screen that shows up asks for the proxy configuration, the second screen asks for my account data. While I'm typing it jumps back to the 1st screen and so forth, until I entered my complete account data. Then there comes another screen asking if I want to use my former configuration. After confimation Dropbox seems to run as it should.

Huh. My installation (from a Slackware package- version 1.2.49, running Slacko 531) only does that on auto-start if I've shutdown improperly, say from a power failure (or a clumsy friend tripping over a power cable).

EDIT: It never fails, does it?

Ever since I posted the above earlier this morning, the same issue has presented repeatedly on my Slacko system.

It's always after you say something or decide to put on a demo that everything goes south, isn't it?

Posted: **Sat 31 Dec 2011, 20:22**

another possible solution.....

i think it is happening when dropbox updates itself... and it creates a new hidden folder in root/.dropbox-dist-new

try linking the dropbox binary in there to /root/startup

Posted: **Tue 03 Jan 2012, 22:33**

666philb wrote:another possible solution.....

i think it is happening when dropbox updates itself... and it creates a new hidden folder in root/.dropbox-dist-new

try linking the dropbox binary in there to /root/startup

Could not find .dropbox-dist-new. However, I again uninstalled all Dropbox files, including nautilus-dropbox files which I may have missed the first time, and Python. Downloaded portable Dropbox 1.1.43 again; clicked the executable (gear?) Dropbox file in my Downloads folder; noticed that a /root/.dropbox folder was created; moved the executable file from Downloads folder into the /root/.dropbox folder; created a script in Startup folder; and Dropbox finally autostarts at login without going through the acct setup process each time.

Posted: **Sun 08 Jan 2012, 10:48**

Thanks again for your tips. Deleting the hidden folders doesn't help, it just makes Dropbox forget that there already exists a Dropbox folder and some settings and ask for it in the setup procedure.

Meanwhile I switched over to the lupu edition of xfce 4.6.2 (which I like a lot BTW), and the thunar plugin describe above seems to work. Under this desktop Dropbox autostarts without any tweaks, but still launching the setup and asking for my account data.

Will try the portable version later.

Posted: **Mon 09 Jan 2012, 13:44**

666philb wrote:hi geoffrey

I haven't had a go with your pet as i don't use thunar. It sounds good though, that right click to get a download link , i would find very convenient. Do you know if there's a way to get it to work on rox?

If you ever need more space, there is also 'spideroak' which gives you 2gb
http://sourceforge.net/projects/portabl ... k/download

and if you don't mind using wine , there's sugarsync which gives you 5gb
https://www.sugarsync.com/

cheers

666philb

666philb, a belated reply, I found some info that may allow you to make a menu entry Copy Dropbox Public Link, it is for Thunar but it may be of some use, at the moment I'm playing with Saluki so don't have Rox to work with, my other plugin didn't work so I tried this and it does the job.
http://www.debianuserforums.org/viewtop ... 674#p14699

Here is the python script it's not a gz, just remove the gz and make sure that it's executable.

I'm kind of sure that you should already have xclip, I didn't so heres a link http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... p-0.10.pet

Heres the bash script part, I really don't know if this is of any use to you but it may give you some idea on how to do it for rox

Code: Select all

bash -c "dropbox.py puburl %n | xclip -i -selection clipboard"

hope you find this useful

Geoffrey

Posted: **Thu 12 Jan 2012, 05:07**

updated my first post with new plugin that works with dropbox installed on Salukihttp://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 610#512610