How to make Dropbox indicator working in Ubuntu 15.10?

Question

the Dropbox indicator doesn't work anymore in Ubuntu 15.10. Tried installing appindicator1 and restarting dropbox, but still no indicator appears. How to get it working?

Answer 1

This one

Worked in Ubuntu 16.04 lts Flashback Compiz

1. Kill dropbox, and restart it so it shows

   dropbox stop && env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity dropbox start
   

   If it works

2. Go to the settings in dropbox after it starts up and select to not start at startup.

3. Go to Applications > Preferences > Startup Applications and click on add and

Enter

Name: Dropbox

Command: env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity dropbox start

Comment: Sync your files across computers and to the web

and save

Answer 2

Something which worked for me was

1. apt-get install nautilus-dropbox
2. check that it worked with Unity but not with the environment I'm using (gnome-fallback, it used to work with it before at least with 14.04),

3. check that it worked under gnome-fallback with

   dropbox stop && XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity dropbox start
   

   (gnome-fallback used to have XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity, in 15.10 it has a prefix before Unity).

4. Create a file ~/scripts/startDropbox (and ensure it is executable with chmod 755 ~/scripts/startDropbox)

   #! /bin/sh    
   set +e
   
   if expr "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" : '.*Unity' > /dev/null ; then
       export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity
   fi
   # yes, ! is counter intuitive here
   if ! dropbox running ; then
       dropbox stop
   fi
   dropbox start -i
   

5. Create a ~/.config/autostart/my-dropbox.desktop (dropbox will overwrite your changes if you try to modify ~/.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop)

   [Desktop Entry]
   Name=Dropbox
   GenericName=File Synchronizer
   Comment=Sync your files across computers and to the web
   Exec=/home/AProgrammer/scripts/startDropbox
   Terminal=false
   Type=Application
   Icon=dropbox
   Categories=Network;FileTransfer;
   StartupNotify=false
   

Answer 3

Try:

sudo apt-get install libappindicator1

Log out, and then log back in and use:

dropbox stop && dropbox start

Answer 4

For what's it worth I solved this problem by running 'dropbox stop' then 'dropbox start'in my list of startup programs in Ubuntu 15.10. I took care, even though it might be unnecessary, to use the STOP option first. The indicator then shows correctly and syncing works.