Installing Dropbox on Puppy Linux

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#31 Post by DL62 »

OK thanks.

A really stupid question, but can you point me to something which explains what Python is and how to install it.

Just moved from Windows and only been using Puppy for a few weeks!

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#32 Post by DPUP5520 »

Python is a programming language like perl or ruby and it can be installed from the puppy package manager.

http://www.python.org/
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#33 Post by sfeeley »

I have now got Dropbox working by a different method and download so not an urgent problem.
Can you explain or link to your other method? It would be nice to have different dropbox options all on this thread.

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#34 Post by DL62 »

sfeeley wrote:
I have now got Dropbox working by a different method and download so not an urgent problem.
Can you explain or link to your other method? It would be nice to have different dropbox options all on this thread.
I went to http://portablelinuxapps.org/network/dropbox and downloaded Dropbox 1.1.43. Then I right clicked, chose Permissions and made executable. Then I made a shortcut on the Desktop which I can click when I want to use Dropbox.

Please excuse my non-geek approach but I am just an ordinary consumer new to Puppy after 30 odd years of Windows!

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#35 Post by DaveS »

DL62 wrote:
sfeeley wrote:
I have now got Dropbox working by a different method and download so not an urgent problem.
Can you explain or link to your other method? It would be nice to have different dropbox options all on this thread.
I went to http://portablelinuxapps.org/network/dropbox and downloaded Dropbox 1.1.43. Then I right clicked, chose Permissions and made executable. Then I made a shortcut on the Desktop which I can click when I want to use Dropbox.

Please excuse my non-geek approach but I am just an ordinary consumer new to Puppy after 30 odd years of Windows!
I use pretty much the same system most of the time except I make the link to /root/Startup, that way dropbox starts at boot and runs in the background all the time.
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#36 Post by sfeeley »

As suggested, I got the portableapp of dropbox http://portablelinuxapps.org/network/dropbox

and then followed this tip
I use pretty much the same system most of the time except I make the link to /root/Startup, that way dropbox starts at boot and runs in the background all the time.
But dropbox isn't starting automatically when I boot. It will only run if I click the dropbox file (or its link that I put in /root/startup)

(running lucid 5.2 frugal; 2 gigs ram)

Any suggestions?

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#37 Post by trapster »

Make sure it's /root/Startup
(capital "S")
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#38 Post by sfeeley »

Make sure it's /root/Startup
(capital "S")
I checked, but that doesn't seem to be the problem (see attached screenshot)

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#39 Post by johnywhy »

DPUP5520 wrote:Didn't wanna start up a new thread so i thought i'd just bump this old one with a new version of dropbox 0.6.7 (need to have a savefile cause it downloads the actual binary once you start it up thats why its so small)
on Saluki, this pet installs fine, but gives me

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Failed to execute command "dropbox start -i".
Failed to execute child process "dropbox" (No such file or directory)
any ideas?
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#40 Post by MikeyBrat »

:? What happen? Pet gone! Where can a Slacko 5.4 get? :cry:

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#41 Post by DPUP5520 »

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 505#578505

that just links back to the second page where the .7.0 pet is. I don't know if it will work in Slacko though.
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#42 Post by Antzus »

I didn't want to bother with Python (I'd already installed far too many things trying to get Unison syncing between different operating systems, and had gotten to the point of hating computers again), but I had success with the dropbox PET from this thread http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=608613

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