#!\/bin\/bash\n\nDIR=\"$( cd \"$( dirname \"${BASH_SOURCE[0]}\" )\" && pwd )\"\nif [[ -z \"$DROPBOXPY\" ]]; then\n DROPBOXPY=\"$DIR\/dropbox.py\"\nelse\n echo \"Using preconfigured dropbox.py from $DROPBOXPY.\"\nfi\n\nif [ -f $DROPBOXPY ]; then\n echo \"Found $DROPBOXPY. Check if the daemon is running...\"\n eval \"$DROPBOXPY running\"\n RUNNING=$?\n if [ $RUNNING -eq 0 ]; then\n echo \"Nope. Start it...\"\n eval \"$DROPBOXPY start\"\n else\n echo \"Yes, nothing to do.\"\n fi\nelse\n echo \"Cannot find \/ load dropbox.py.\"\nfi<\/pre>\nThis script does not take any arguments by default, but simply asks the Dropbox’ CLI-Script to start the daemon; hence can be run by KDE’s Autostart-System:<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nedit:<\/strong> if dropbox.py results in the error<\/p>\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n File \"\/home\/alex\/.dropbox-dist\/dropbox.py\", line 25, in <module>\n import locale\n File \"\/usr\/lib64\/python2.7\/locale.py\", line 18, in <module>\n import operator\nImportError: \/home\/alex\/.dropbox-dist\/operator.so: undefined symbol: _PyUnicodeUCS2_AsDefaultEncodedString<\/pre>\nyou might place both dropbox.py and the starter-script into a different folder than the one created by the Dropbox-installer (which is ~\/.dropbox-dist). E.g. use ~\/.dropbox for both files, this should do the trick. Dropbox itself uses a custom build of Python, with some not-so-compatible libraries coming along.<\/p>\n
Now, once we have installed Dropbox, we might want Dolphin<\/a> to show the status of files and folders in our Dropbox. Well, there’s a Plugin available<\/a> for download in Dolphin’s settings that adds some Dropbox-specific menu entries to the context menu, but it doesn’t provide icon overlays. Another plugin written by Thomas Richard<\/a>, however not available via the wizard, does.<\/p>\nYou can download, compile and install the plugin with the following commands (you need CMake installed for this):<\/p>\n
git clone git:\/\/anongit.kde.org\/scratch\/trichard\/dolphin-box-plugin.git\ncd dolphin-box-plugin\/\ncmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix`\nsu -c 'make install'<\/pre>\nThe kde4-config-Part was taken from a commend at the Plugin’s “Homepage” and ensures that the plugin get’s installed into the right directory. After installing, you have to restart dolphin; after that, you get some pretty cool icons floating above the file and folder icons in your Dolphin indicating the sync-status of your files!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When installing Dropbox in a non-supported distro like Mageia, you’l soon encounter the problem, that starting Dropbox upon login to the UI (in this case: KDE) is not that easy. Once you downloaded the Dropbox-Distribution and installed it as described …<\/p>\n