Difference between dropbox and nautilus-dropbox packages

[rolandpish]

Hi there.
In my LMDE I installed nautilus-dropbox (0.6.7-lmde) package and it works like a charm.
Surfing the LMDE mint repo I found also a package named dropbox (1.0.1). I would like to know what does this package install and what's the difference between nautilus-dropbox package.

Note: I don't want to install that "dropbox" package yet cause I'm synchronizing lots and lots of files and I don't know if installing that would mess up or do something weird with my dropbox folder.

Thanks in advance.

[Dave68]

In my LMDE I installed nautilus-dropbox (0.6.7-lmde) package and it works like a charm.

Had you installed:

I found also a package named dropbox (1.0.1).

It would have grabbed the Package you actually downloaded anyway. When you get ready, grab the other one as well.

Hope This Helps,
Dave

[viking777]

Are you using some special repos here?

My Dropbox version is 0.7.110 (with no updates available) and nautilus-dropbox is not even listed as an available package (not that I want it because I don't use Nautilus) but I just wonder why the differences.

EDIT. Just figured out where you are coming from. Those aren't Debian updates they are Mint Main updates.

[Dave68]

I wasn't sure of the version (Dropbox), but I downloaded it out of the Software Manager. i am running LMDE with a Liquorix Kernel.

Possibly the OP is looking in the wrong forum. He could also be grabbing the .deb from the Dropbox Home Page.

Thanks,
Dave

[sgosnell]

Dropbox installs the main Dropbox functionality. Nautilus-dropbox adds integration with Nautilus, allowing you to right-click on a file and get Dropbox options in the popup dialog. Nautilus-dropbox is not required to run Dropbox, it just makes some things a little easier.

[marlar]

One thing the newer version does better is maintaining permissions. That does not work on the older version.

For example, if you grant execute rights to a script, it won't show up with execute right on another PC. That works correctly with version 1.x

[knireis]

i can not find dropbox in the software manager and the .deb from the dropbox website gives a dependency error