CentOS - Apr 2010 - OT: Dropbox - Fedora Core 9 RPM will work on CentOS 5.4?

Dropbox has an RPM for Fedora Core 9 (x86). I am running CentOS 5.4 on
my Desktop, which I believe is based on Fedora Core 6.  Are the
libraries Fedora Core 9 uses substantially different than those CentOS
5.4 uses?  If Dropbox had an SRPM available, I would Download that and
Rebuild, but I'm sure it is Proprietary and they won't release an SRPM
to me.  TIA!
Lanny
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> but I'm sure it is Proprietary and they won't release an SRPM
>to me.
nautilus-dropbox is glp'ed, the source is right below that rpm you
downloaded.

Hey

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at
gmail.com> wrote:
> Dropbox has an RPM for Fedora Core 9 (x86). I am running CentOS 5.4 on
> my Desktop, which I believe is based on Fedora Core 6. ?Are the
> libraries Fedora Core 9 uses substantially different than those CentOS
> 5.4 uses? ?If Dropbox had an SRPM available, I would Download that and
> Rebuild, but I'm sure it is Proprietary and they won't release an
SRPM
> to me. ?TIA!
I remember trying to build dropbox for CentOS and there was a problem
with lib dependencies. What happens when you install the rpm? Does it
work? I believe to remember that it had to do something with nauilus.
I am probably wrong.

Would be interested if that worked.

Cheers Didi

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On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at
gmail.com> wrote:
> Dropbox has an RPM for Fedora Core 9 (x86). I am running CentOS 5.4 on
> my Desktop, which I believe is based on Fedora Core 6. ?Are the
> libraries Fedora Core 9 uses substantially different than those CentOS
> 5.4 uses? ?If Dropbox had an SRPM available, I would Download that and
> Rebuild, but I'm sure it is Proprietary and they won't release an
SRPM
> to me. ?TIA!
> Lanny
I'm successfully using Dropbox on couple of CentOS 5.4 machines, but
in a headless configuration.  I followed the instructions on the
Dropbox Wiki[1].  I concur with Joseph that it looks like the RPM is
just the Nautilus plugin.  Since I don't use that I'm not sure how
compatible it is with CentOS.

[1] http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/TextBasedLinuxInstall


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On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at
gmail.com> wrote:
> Dropbox has an RPM for Fedora Core 9 (x86). I am running CentOS 5.4 on
> my Desktop, which I believe is based on Fedora Core 6. ?Are the
<snip>
3 very quick replies already! Thanks to each of you!  I am going to
Update my Desktop completely, before I try to get Dropbox to work.
Steve, please let me know, when you have the RPM ready. Joseph, I will
look for the nautilus-dropbox on the Dropbox web site. Didi, stay
tuned....  I'm a complete novice at this, but I have the Dev tools on
my Desktop and will give it a try.

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at
gmail.com> wrote:
> Dropbox has an RPM for Fedora Core 9 (x86). I am running CentOS 5.4 on
> my Desktop, which I believe is based on Fedora Core 6.
<snip>
Follow On:   I updated my Desktop and as I assumed, the Dropbox RPM
for Fedora Core 9 (x86) will not fly on CentOS 5.4. I got these
Dependencies when I tried to install it:

Missing Dependency: pygtk2 >= 2.12 is needed by package
nautilus-dropbox-0.6.1-1.fc9.i386 (/nautilus-dropbox-0.6.1-1.fc9.i386)
Missing Dependency: libnotify >= 0.4.4 is needed by package
nautilus-dropbox-0.6.1-1.fc9.i386 (/nautilus-dropbox-0.6.1-1.fc9.i386)
Missing Dependency: glib2 >= 2.14.0 is needed by package
nautilus-dropbox-0.6.1-1.fc9.i386 (/nautilus-dropbox-0.6.1-1.fc9.i386)
Missing Dependency: libgio-2.0.so.0 is needed by package
nautilus-dropbox-0.6.1-1.fc9.i386 (/nautilus-dropbox-0.6.1-1.fc9.i386)

Will try something else, ASAP.