By skuzu83
Hi,
I have a droplet which has Ubuntu 18.04.3 (LTS) x64 image. I want to install Dropbox client on it. When I run the commands [cd ~ && wget -O - “https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64” | tar xzf -] from https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux , I get some error codes and Dropbox isn’t running:
root@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-nyc1-01:~# dropbox start
Starting Dropbox...dropbox: locating interpreter
dropbox: logging to /tmp/dropbox-antifreeze-bq2Vuh
dropbox: initializing
dropbox: initializing python 3.7.2
dropbox: setting program path '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/dropbox'
dropbox: setting home path '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170'
dropbox: setting python path '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170:/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/python-packages-37.zip'
dropbox: python initialized
dropbox: running dropbox
dropbox: setting args
dropbox: applying overrides
dropbox: running main script
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._constant_time.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/linuxffi.pthread._linuxffi_pthread.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/cpuid.compiled._cpuid.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/apex._apex.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/tornado.speedups.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/linuxffi.resolv.compiled._linuxffi_resolv.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/librsyncffi.compiled._librsyncffi.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/linuxffi.sys.compiled._linuxffi_sys.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/posixffi.libc._posixffi_libc.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/linuxffi.gnu.compiled._linuxffi_gnu.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/PyQt5.QtCore.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/PyQt5.QtGui.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Dropbox isn't running!
Done!
root@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-nyc1-01:~# dropbox: load fq extension '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/PyQt5.QtGui.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Couldn't start Dropbox.
This is usually because of a permissions error. Storing your home folder on a network share can also cause an error.
Get more help at https://www.dropbox.com/c/help/permissions_error
Please contact Dropbox support with the following info for help:
/tmp/dropbox_errortyrkamwc.txt
And /tmp/dropbox_errortyrkamwc.txt contains:
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 84.4.170
bn.DROPBOXEXT_VERSION: failed
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 0d1c6729-a6dd-4e4d-bcd5-12676fa0f9e9
pid: 2391
ppid: 1
ppid exe: '/lib/systemd/systemd'
uid: 0
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='root', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=0, pw_gid=0, pw_gecos='root', pw_dir='/root', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='root', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=0, pw_gid=0, pw_gecos='root', pw_dir='/root', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 0
gid: 0
egid: 0
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='root', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=0, gr_mem=[])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='root', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=0, gr_mem=[])
LD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/root'
real_path='/root'
mode=0o40700 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/root'
appdata: '/root/.dropbox/instance1'
real_path='/root/.dropbox/instance1'
mode=0o40700 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
dropbox_path: '/root/Dropbox'
real_path='/root/Dropbox'
not found
parent mode=0o40700 uid=0 gid=0
sys_executable: '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/dropbox'
real_path='/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/dropbox'
mode=0o100775 uid=1000 gid=1000
parent mode=0o40775 uid=1000 gid=1000
trace.__file__: '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/python-packages-37.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
real_path='/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-84.4.170/python-packages-37.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
not found
parent not found
tempdir: '/tmp'
real_path='/tmp'
mode=0o41777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 7725, in main_startup
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 3475, in run
File "ui/common/uikit.pyc", line 876, in create_ui_kit
File "dropbox/client/ui/qt/uikit.pyc", line 53, in <module>
File "<_bootstrap_overrides>", line 153, in load_module
ImportError: libglapi.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
What should I do at this point?
Thanks in advance.
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Hello,
I think that you need to install both libxshmfence and libglapi-mesa.
You can do that with:
sudo apt install libglapi-mesa libxshmfence-dev
Let me know how it goes.
Regards, Bobby
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