How to install Kdropbox

Wednesday, 19 May 2010 19:05 |

Written by Guillermo |

Kdropbox requires the official daemon to work.

1- The first step is to download and install kdropbox (change the binary according to your distribution)

$ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/kdropbox/Kdropbox-0.3.0/Open%20Suse%2011.2/kdropbox-0.2.0-12.i586.rpm

$sudo rpm -i kdropbox-0.3.0-6.1.i586.rpm

2. Run Kdropbox from your KDE start menu

If you don't have the official daemon installed, Kdropbox will tray to downland, install and execute it.

3- Configure your account

The daemon will launch a set-up wizard (it is not from kdropbox is a gtk one). Follow the steps to configure your account.

4- After finishing the configuration, stop the gtk client.

5 - Launch Kdropbox again. The first time you run the program the preferences window will appear: configure your Dropbox folder.

Dropbox folder location is established in the General tab

6- Finally start the daemon

That's all! Enjoy Kdropbox

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+1 # 2010-06-02 01:41

To install on Arch Linux:
1. Install clyde (from the AUR) Do NOT skip this step
2. Run: clyde -S kdropbox
3. On all promts for editing a file write: n
That is it! THANK YOU Madek for maintaining the package also thanks for making kdropbox!

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+3 # 2011-03-03 00:11

@stephen mcintosh

You don't have to use clyde, I use yaourt. Also since its just a PKGBUILD from the AUR you don't *need* either program.

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0 # Guillermo 2011-03-03 13:09

Hi. Thanks for your help

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0 # 2010-06-19 16:20

Hi,

is the german translation already done and will it be implemented in the next version? If there is still some translation to do, feel free to contact me

BTW- thanks for this wonderful tool!

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0 # Guillermo 2010-06-20 19:51

Hi, somebody contacted me recently to begin German translation. If there is no news in a few days I will tell you

Thanks!

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0 # 2010-06-26 14:02

Hi,
how can I compile Kdropbox from tar.gz?

Gianni

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0 # Guillermo 2010-06-30 07:29

Hi!

There is a Makefile in the tar.gz but somebody reported to be broken.

Try this:

$qmake
$make
$qmake
$sudo make install

Regards!

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0 # 2010-07-08 01:17

Hi, I'm having problems compiling the 0.4.0 version, when launching the command "make" I get many errors, "No such file or directory".

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0 # Guillermo 2010-07-08 23:53

Hi! Could you give me more details? What's your distro?

Can you copy-paste the errors?

Thanks!

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0 # 2010-07-10 22:20

In opensuse 11.2 x86_64 is impossible to install the version 0.4.0, errors when I launch make

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0 # Guillermo 2010-07-11 20:26

Hi, you need kde 4.4. I have the same configuration as you (opensuse 11.2 x86_64 ) but I upgraded kde from OpenSuse Factory.
It should work fine on OpenSuse 11.3

Regards!

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0 # 2010-07-11 18:49

Hy, I have a problem with the notification. I created an AutoStartupJob in Systemsettings and everytime I start the System a notification comes up, saying the Kdropbox daemon is running but it doesnt close itself, so like the other notifications. Just when I click on it it disappears.

Running sidux(a debian/Sid) with KDE 4.4.4 on a Dell Notebook (Latitude C640)

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0 # Guillermo 2010-07-12 11:02

Hi, first you don't need an auto start job. You can configure this in the preferences window. Secondly, notifications are persistent so they remain in the notification tray. You can disable this in the prefs window also.

Regards!

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0 # 2010-07-21 10:58

Hi, i've downloaded the source code and compile it with no problem on mandriva 2010.1 32 bit.
I have problem with mandriva 2010.1 64 bit (x86_64) when i do make, you can view the output here:

http://pastebin.com/2mFZ76Wj

How can i resolv this problem?
Excuse me for bad english, i'm writing from Italy!

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0 # Guillermo 2010-07-22 20:18

Hi! What version of KDE do you have? Kdropbox requires KDE 4.4. Anyway seems that kde sdk include libs are missing.

Regards

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0 # 2010-07-23 07:32

I have kde 4.4.3.
I've already installed sdk but missing some libs.
Now it compile and it's all ok!
I've created rpm of i586 and x86_64 for Mandriva 2010.1 with checkinstall, but i don't know how to add dependencies to rpms... if you want i can send them to your email.

Regards,
Max

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0 # Guillermo 2010-07-26 19:03

Thanks, but the problem with the dependencies is quite important and can cause some user complains I can't solve. Anyway, feel free to distribute the binaries to the Mandriva community as you prefer, of course I recommend you to fix the dependencies before.

Regards!

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0 # 2010-08-06 16:23

I had Dropbox installed via this distro that used Nautilus. I removed this when I found your specific version for KDE (I can use it with Dolphin - yea!).
I'm using Kubuntu and I've run into something a little strange. I have two status icons in the system tray. One says it is Dropbox 0.7.110 and the other is yours and is just showing Kdropbox. Is this how its supposed to be?

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0 # Guillermo 2010-08-07 11:53

No, the daemon starts the gtk client unless you do some trick. In example:

cd $HOME/.dropbox-dist
mv wx._controls_.so wx._controls_.so.orig

After this restart the daemon and you should see only kdropbox

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0 # 2010-08-16 13:38

I was glad to find Kdropbox as a former GNOME user who moved to KDE, but when I installed kdropbox_0.4.0_i386.deb I didn't even see the GTK setup wizard. Could this be due simply to a difference in how Kubuntu is set up or is this tutorial needing an update? Either way I'll be mentioning it on my blog today as good news for other users moving from GNOME to KDE.

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0 # Guillermo 2010-08-16 21:11

Hi! Thanks for the mention in your blog.

Kdropbox only shows that form after downloading the daemon. This occurs when there isn't a previous Dropbox installation. If you had the Gnome client before it might be your case

Regards!

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0 # 2010-08-16 21:17

That would explain it. I did a fresh install on Kubuntu but I kept part of my /home folder, including my Dropbox config folder.

I did post on my blog (the URI I posted for me on this comment) that Kdropbox is a great way to get Dropbox working on KDE. Thanks for making this great bit of code.

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0 # Guillermo 2010-08-16 21:25

That explains it and yes I read It and it's great (I moved from Gnome to KDE 6 years ago). Thanks!

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0 # 2010-08-18 08:51

Superb! Had Mandriva 2010.0 but upgraded to 2010.1 so that it works with the new KDE. For some reason the Makefile when compiling from source (as the Suse RPM doesn't work with Mandriva) didn't copy into /usr/bin but fixed that manually. Program/daemon starts up and syncs perfectly. Thanks!

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0 # Guillermo 2010-08-20 08:14

Thanks! I released a new version of Kdropbox this week and you can download a rpm for Mandriva 2010.1

Cheers!

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0 # 2010-08-23 09:36

Hi,

when KDE starts I get two icons for dropbox - the one from the gtk app and one from kdropbox.

When I stop the gtk dropbox kdropbox is disconnected, too. When I close both and the restart kdropbox the gtk app starts, too.

I looked in the KDE autostart where dropbox isn't enabled.

Any idea how to solve this?

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0 # Guillermo 2010-08-23 11:00

Hi, yes see this:kdropbox.deuteros.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53:install-howto&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=53#comment-75

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0 # 2010-08-23 11:55

Sorry, didn't search through the comments on this site. Thanks for your help!

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0 # 2010-09-03 18:13

Very well done :)
The dropbox folks should thank you for this great addition :) Your app rocks :)

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0 # Guillermo 2010-09-04 14:48

Thanks!

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0 # 2010-09-03 18:53

Making publicity of your nice program Guillermo :)

If you don't like something of the little that I wrote, please tell me about it.

http://zipizap.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/kdropbox-home/

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0 # Guillermo 2010-09-04 14:51

Hi thanks for that! I think it's ok

Regards!

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0 # 2010-09-05 21:12

Guillermo, I am trying to install on Kubuntu 10.10 beta (KDE 4.5.1). I chose the i386 version under Ubuntu on http://sourceforge.net/projects/kdropbox/files/

and when I double click the .deb I get the error, "Could not open...the package may be corrupted or you may not be allowed to open it... check permissions."

Is KDE 4.5.1 supported?

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0 # Guillermo 2010-09-07 16:35

Hi, I haven't tested it on a Kubuntu 10.10 with KDE 4.5.1

It works on Kubuntu 10.04 64bit with KDE 4.4

If will try to update my desktop to 4.5.1

Regards

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0 # 2010-09-09 04:51

Quoting Guillermo:

Hi, I haven't tested it on a Kubuntu 10.10 with KDE 4.5.1

It works on Kubuntu 10.04 64bit with KDE 4.4

If will try to update my desktop to 4.5.1

Regards

Much appreciated! Can't wait to get this running!
t

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0 # Guillermo 2010-09-09 21:59

Hi, I tested the installation process on Kubuntu 10.10 with KDE 4.5.1 on a Virtual Box VM and it worked perfectly

Regards!

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0 # 2010-09-19 20:33

Quoting Guillermo:

Hi, I tested the installation process on Kubuntu 10.10 with KDE 4.5.1 on a Virtual Box VM and it worked perfectly

Regards!

Just tried again on 10.4 since 10.10 was bugging out on me in different areas. Installed great!

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0 # 2010-09-22 05:22

Hola Guillermo:

My distro is Debian 5.0.
I would like to know if it is possible to install Kfilebox in my laptop.

Thanks,

Alfredo

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0 # Guillermo 2010-10-01 18:15

Hi Alfredo, I don't know. Try the Ubuntu .deb or try to compile the tar.gz

Regards

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+1 # 2010-10-13 21:11

Hi, I had a big issue when changing the destination folder. Actually I changed it, but it continued to sync to Dropbox in Home.
The solution I found was to replace the folder by a link named Dropbox to the place I need (i.e. /windows/D/My Dropbox).
Thanks for the programm, hope u can continue to maintain it.

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0 # Guillermo 2010-10-15 18:49

Hi, actually moving the dropbox directory using the preferences window of kfilebox doesn't do anything. Currently the functionality of this is to let kfilebox know where is the dropbox directory.

Thanks!

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0 # 2010-10-23 11:15

Hola Guillermo, buenas

Estoy tratando de compilarlo en Fedora 13 (he probado los rpm de Suse y de Mandriva pero ninguno se instala correctamente) pero me falta alguna dependencia que no localizo: al linkar me dice que no encuentra kdeui:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lkdeui

Imagino, que debe de ser por algún cambio en los paths o en los nombres de las librerías que usa Fedora (ya he tenido que hacer algún cambio en el make para llegar hasta aquí...), pero nada, este no lo veo... ¿Alguna pista?

Gracias por adelantado.

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+1 # Guillermo 2010-10-23 16:18

Hola Jose Maria, quizás te falte alguna librería de desarrillo de KDE. Hasta hace un par de versiones creaba paquetes para Fedora usando Open Suse Build Service, pero empecé a tener problemas por no saber que paquetes de Fedora eran los equivalentes a libkde4-devel libkdecore4-devel en OpenSuse. Espero que sea una pista y si de paso me dices que paquetes son seguramente pueda crear yo mismo los rpm.

Saludos

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0 # 2010-10-26 03:25

Hello, I've installed kdropbox and kfilebox... it all run smoothly but i cannot change my user. I tried to uninstall it to choose my user account again but I found no way to uninstall the dropbox daemon. Any help?

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0 # Guillermo 2010-10-27 08:46

Hi Diego, when installing kfilebox $HOME/.dropbox-dist/wx._controls_.so is renamed to wx._controls_orig.so This prevents the execution of the GTK client. Just rename it to the original name and restart dropbox, you will see the GTK windows again and the configuration wizard.

Regards

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0 # 2010-11-06 21:08

Hi, i couldn't find the answer to my question, maybe i'm just blind...can i use kfilebox with the text based dropbox client?

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0 # Guillermo 2010-11-06 23:52

Hi, I don't think so. First versions of kfilebox used dropbox.py but then I did my own client.

Regards

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0 # 2010-11-15 13:07

Hiya,
I installed on Kubuntu 10.10.
No errors encountered, but there's no "Dropbox" option on the right-click menu in Dolphin, effectively preventing me from using the "use public link" option.
Therefore, I have installed Nautilus in kubuntu side by side with Dolphin in order to use dropbox, but this can't be a solution in the long term.
Any ideas what I have done wrong ?

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0 # Guillermo 2010-11-15 14:55

Hi, Kfilebox doesn't provide such functionality but you can install this great software by another open source developer:

http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Dropbox+ServiceMenu?content=124416

Regards

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0 # 2010-12-24 19:49

Man, It's awesome!!!

Salute!!

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0 # Guillermo 2010-12-25 18:00

Thanks!

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0 # 2011-01-24 21:54

I like it. Thanks. But look http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19485263/%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA9.png Green dot is too bright for all-monochrome tray, so could you make status sign just like in 'white' theme, please?

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0 # 2011-02-01 18:57

Hello,
I run a gtk-free system and I came across the following issues:

a> I can't get a GUI for the initial installation. I linked my pc by running kfilebox for the 1st time in CLI.
b> I can't switch the sync folder. I used a shortcut as Goodwill suggested above, it is a good workaround.
c> The "unlink this pc" in preferences is greyed out.

Am guessing A is fixed if I install gtk and I read the answer regarding B so you have this in mind. Is C also a known issue? Will I have any other problems not having gtk installed or kfilebox doesn't need it?

Thank you for this useful app!

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0 # Guillermo 2011-02-01 19:03

Hi!
Yes, you need GTK for the first configuration, because the set up process runs from the official Dropbox app.

Regarding C, I placed the button disabled because that feature isn't developed.

Regards!

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0 # 2011-02-21 10:29

How can I change the proxy setting?

I installed kfilebox into the laptop PC. I used the PC in the office and my home. In the office, the PC is connected to the Net behind the proxy server, and is connected directly in home. I need to change the proxy setting for the kfilebox.

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0 # Guillermo 2011-02-27 12:37

Hi! Sorry but kfilebox doesn't manage proxys

Regards!

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0 # 2011-03-03 02:59

Hi! Thanks for a wonderful program.
I'm using Fedora-14-x86_64-KDE (cpu: Intel).
What is the best/easiest way to install kfilebox?
Should I either install openSUSE or Mandriva package and its dependencies?
Thanks in advance!

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0 # Guillermo 2011-03-17 20:23

Hi, for me it was dificult to create a RPM for Fedora but there is people working on that. Please, search the comment titled "latest src.rpm vs. F14" on http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Kfilebox?content=123269

Thanks!

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0 # 2011-03-14 17:45

Hi, I've installed it and everything is apparently working, but I got the following message: "Unable to set user-xattr in /etc/fstab. Please do so manually".

Since I'm not a big fstab expert could you please post the needed command?

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+1 # 2011-03-24 00:27

I have just got this message too.

you can modify your fstab (sudo or otherwise become root)

modify your drive which contains your dropbox directory to something like:

UUID=7462458f-b5ac-4d8b-8c9d-2cad716bbd49 / ext4 errors=remount-ro,user_xattr 0 1

this enables extended attributes which you can read about :
http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114027

and

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9532097

If you don't add user_xattr to your fstab I don't think it will inhibit the functionality of your dropbox. If, however you run into files with extended attributes something funny may or may not happen.

James

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0 # 2011-05-04 21:53

Hi, i can't let the GTK initial gui start..I tried all the workouts written in this comments, but i can't set the user. I added my pc with the website, but there's no sync at all.

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0 # 2011-06-05 14:19

Are the sync icons supposed to show up on dropbox files in Dolphin with kFileBox?

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0 # Guillermo 2011-06-05 21:35

No they aren't, but you can use this:

http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Dropbox+ServiceMenu?content=124416

Regards

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0 # 2011-06-13 11:57

Hi is there going to be a future update for Natty?? only kubuntu 10.10 is the latest!!! Thanks for such a great work!!

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0 # Guillermo 2011-06-19 19:16

Hi!, I can't confirm that now

Regards!

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0 # 2011-06-18 12:14

Hi, I unlink my account, then I try to link another account. In preferences in information for account is empty and I don't know how link a new account. What must I do?

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0 # Guillermo 2011-06-19 19:15

Hi, currently you can't unlink your account with kfilebox. In addition kfilebox doesn't have the link feature.

During the first start, the official wizard from Dropbox is used in order to link the computers. I suggest to run it again.

Regards

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0 # 2011-07-11 16:43

And how to run `official wizard from Dropbox` again?
At the first start it didn't run.

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0 # Guillermo 2011-07-15 07:29

Hi, try to launch Drobox from its installation directory

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0 # 2011-07-14 17:47

Hello.

During the first start, the official wizard form Dropbox did not start. And computer had not linked.

Question:
How to run oficial wizard from Dropbox again?

Thank you very much.

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0 # Guillermo 2011-07-15 07:29

Hi, try to launch Drobox from its installation directory

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0 # 2011-07-15 10:54

thanks, it started in console, but did it's work. =)

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