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[SOLVED] Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Nemo
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:45 am
by Roland
Mint 14, Cinnamon, 32-bit.
Installed dropbox as always from the dropbox-site.
Syncing is
no problem; however, overlay icons (synchronized, not yet synchronized) are missing. I tried changing theme and icons, and tried
https://www.dropbox.com/help/154/en
Unlinking, relinking, reinstalling and so on: no overlay icons.
Any suggestions?
Re: Dropbox overlay icons not showing in Mint 14
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:03 pm
by van_Zeller
Hi.
I'm new to mint. How do I install dropbox? You mentioned I should install from the site. Should I choose debian or Ubuntu? Thanks
Re: Dropbox overlay icons not showing in Mint 14
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:22 pm
by Roland
van_Zeller wrote:Hi.
I'm new to mint. How do I install dropbox? You mentioned I should install from the site. Should I choose debian or Ubuntu? Thanks
Off topic:
Ubuntu, as Mint is based on Ubuntu.
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in N
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:02 am
by Roland
Roland wrote:Mint 14, Cinnamon, 32-bit.
Installed dropbox as always from the dropbox-site.
Syncing is
no problem; however, overlay icons (synchronized, not yet synchronized) are missing. I tried changing theme and icons, and tried
https://www.dropbox.com/help/154/en
Unlinking, relinking, reinstalling and so on: no overlay icons.
Any suggestions?
It is due to Nemo: I can see the icons in Nautilus, but not in Nemo. Tested on Mint13-64 laptop with Cinnamon 1.6 and Nemo.
Minor problem; I can live with it.
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Ne
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:02 am
by ramymamlouk
I have the same issue here, you're not alone.
However, I noticed that there is a nemo-dropbox extension, but requires me to remove dropbox itself. I haven't had the guts to try it out.
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mamlouk@mamloukwks ~ $ sudo aptitude search dropbox
[sudo] password for mamlouk:
p caja-dropbox - Dropbox integration for Caja
i dropbox - Dropbox integration for Nautilus
p libnet-dropbox-api-perl - Perl module providing a dropbox API interf
p nautilus-dropbox - Dropbox integration for Nautilus
p nemo-dropbox - Dropbox integration for Nemo
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Ne
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:18 pm
by BopNiblets
ramymamlouk wrote:I have the same issue here, you're not alone.
However, I noticed that there is a nemo-dropbox extension, but requires me to remove dropbox itself. I haven't had the guts to try it out.
I had the guts, I did "sudo apt-get install nemo-dropbox" and it says it will remove dropbox before the terminal prompt so I put in Y for yes.
Then it said use "nemo --quit" to quit any current instances of nemo so I did, but then dropbox was still in my menu and I started it and got the syncing icons.
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Ne
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:55 am
by heredeiros
thanks dude, this works.
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Ne
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:39 pm
by plAsirius
I had the guts, I did "sudo apt-get install nemo-dropbox" and it says it will remove dropbox before the terminal prompt so I put in Y for yes.
Then it said use "nemo --quit" to quit any current instances of nemo so I did, but then dropbox was still in my menu and I started it and got the syncing icons.
Excellent ! worked like a charm also for me.
Thanks.
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Ne
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:54 am
by Gunstick
in fact the nemo-dropbox package downloads the dropbox binary again.
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Downloading Dropbox... 100%
Unpacking Dropbox... 100%
so basically the solution is:
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sudo apt-get install nemo-dropbox && nemo --quit
then start dropbox from the application menu as indicated
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Ne
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 5:23 pm
by tommyb.
In case someone runs into sim prob on Mint 17.3 Mate 64bit:
(1) Install first the caja dropbox app from software mgr
(2) Then trigger install from that (asks for sudo) from Mint Menu (sym link under Internet tab)
(3) Nothing happens
(4) Manually trigger dropbox install from Mint Menu (sym link under Internet tab)
....
(Final) Seems to have worked
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Nemo
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:30 am
by Roland
This doesn't seem to work in Mint 18. Tried all the steps mentioned, but no overlay icons.
I installed Dropbox from the Linux repositories. Dropbox itself functions OK.
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Nemo
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:12 am
by Roland
No one has the same problem?
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Nemo
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 1:11 am
by billybag
Roland wrote:No one has the same problem?
Surprisingly, no. The original solution of installing nemo dropbox and restarting nemo did the trick for me on 18. I did notice that the emblems were hard to see with the icon theme i am using. Perhaps this is the case for you?
Re: Dropbox overlay icons visible in Nautilus, but not in Nemo
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:39 am
by Roland
I did notice that the emblems were hard to see with the icon theme i am using. Perhaps this is the case for you?
Yes! I changed icons from 'Gnome' to 'Mint-X' and the overlays became visible.
Thank you!