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On 2017-01-07 00:21, Andrew David Wong wrote:
> On 2017-01-06 14:37, Patrick Bouldin wrote:
>> On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 2:41:28 AM UTC-5, Andrew
>> David Wong wrote: On 2016-12-27 12:39, Patrick Bouldin wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 2:13:48 PM UTC-5, Patrick 
>>>>> Bouldin wrote:
>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 2:11:04 PM UTC-5,
>>>>>> Patrick Bouldin wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 2:04:28 PM UTC-5, 
>>>>>>> Patrick Bouldin wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 6:13:24 AM UTC-5, 
>>>>>>>> Patrick Bouldin wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi, I saw some threads on this but am not clear at
>>>>>>>>> a high level.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I thought I would install dropbox client on one of
>>>>>>>>> my Fedora VMs so that working with files is much 
>>>>>>>>> smoother than from a browser. So, is installing a 
>>>>>>>>> Fedora Desktop the best plan to do that? Don't
>>>>>>>>> assume I know enough of native Qubes ability please
>>>>>>>>> - maybe I'm missing a key point!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks, Patrick
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks David. housekeeping question - before I
>>>>>>>> started I copied my Fedora template, just in case. Am
>>>>>>>> I correct I can easily undo those changes incorrectly
>>>>>>>> made by deleting the template and renaming the backup
>>>>>>>> template to the production one (just deleted)?
>>>>>>>> 
> 
>> Yes, that's correct.
> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sorry, I meant Andrew!
>>>>>> 
> 
>> No worries.
> 
>>>>>> And I see it works so disregard, Andrew - thanks again.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Wow, this is a bear for me.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dropbox said:Add the following to /etc/yum.conf.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> name=Dropbox Repository 
>>>>> baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/\$releasever/ 
>>>>> gpgkey=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/rpm-public-key.asc
>>>>> 
>>>>> So I performed a sudo gedit on that file and added the
>>>>> above three lines. When I saved it I received this:
>>>>> 
>>>>> ** (gedit:1791): WARNING **: Set document metadata failed: 
>>>>> Setting attribute metadata::gedit-position not supported 
>>>>> [user@fedora-24 ~]$
>>>>> 
>>>>> So I do see that you can't save metadata by extending the 
>>>>> yum.conf file, and tried a few other things that I think
>>>>> it was suggesting.
>>>>> 
> 
>> No, I think that's just a warning message about the gedit program
>>  itself. Should be safe to disregard. You can verify that the 
>> contents of the file were saved with `cat /etc/yum.conf`.
> 
>>>>> When I try and run $ sudo dnf install nautilus-dropbox I
>>>>> get this: Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:35 ago on
>>>>> Tue Dec 27 15:23:35 2016. No package nautilus-dropbox
>>>>> available. Error: Unable to find a match.
>>>>> 
> 
>> Try this:
> 
>> $ sudo dnf --refresh install nautilus-dropbox
> 
>> If that still doesn't work, try creating a separate repo file, 
>> `/etc/yum.repos.d/dropbox.repo`, with this content:
> 
>> [Dropbox] name=Dropbox Repository 
>> baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/$releasever/ 
>> gpgkey=https://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/rpm-public-key.asc
> 
>> Then try this again:
> 
>> $ sudo dnf --refresh install nautilus-dropbox
> 
> 
>> Darn, still not working - I noticed this link is not working: 
>> baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/\$releasever/ 
>> gpgkey=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/rpm-public-key.asc
> 
> 
>> So it's not finding the file, tested that just in my browser 
>> address bar.
> 
>> Patrick
> 
> 
> I wouldn't expect that to work in your browser address bar due to
> the backslash,

(Not to mention the "$releasever" variable!)

> but I have to ask: Why not try following the instructions I 
> provided in the previous email (to which you're replying)?
> 

- -- 
Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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