dropbox-fix2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "dropbox-fix2" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install dropbox-fix2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S dropbox-fix2

* (Optional) Uninstall dropbox-fix2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns dropbox-fix2

2. Manually Install "dropbox-fix2" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone dropbox-fix2's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/dropbox-fix2.git ~/dropbox-fix2

c. Go to ~/dropbox-fix2 folder and install it

$ cd ~/dropbox-fix2 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the dropbox-fix2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 572374
Name: dropbox-fix2
PackageBaseID: 138404
PackageBase: dropbox-fix2
Version: r24.d284f5d-1
Description: Fix to enable dropbox on non-ext4 filesystems (dark github repo)
URL: https://github.com/dark/dropbox-filesystem-fix
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
FirstSubmitted: 1546159590
LastModified: 1546159590
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dropbox-fix2.tar.gz