How do I uninstall Dropbox?
After booting up, a popup screen tells me Dropbox did not install correctly, but it is lurking somewhere. To install properly I first have to delete the incorrect install. How can I do that?
I'm using the latest version of Ubuntu.
7 Answers
This is from Dropbox help page:
dropbox stop
dropbox status # Should report "not running"
rm -rf ~/.dropbox-dist
rm -rf /var/lib/dropbox
rm -rf ~/.dropbox*
sudo apt-get remove nautilus-dropbox
sudo apt-get remove dropbox
rm /etc/apt/source.d/dropboxTry this command in a terminal:
sudo apt-get remove --purge nautilus-dropboxBased on this link you can follow this steps:
dropbox stop
dropbox status # Should report "not running"
rm -rf ~/.dropbox-dist
rm -rf /var/lib/dropbox
rm -rf ~/.dropbox*
sudo apt-get remove nautilus-dropbox
sudo apt-get remove dropbox
rm /etc/apt/source.d/dropboxAnd if you want to delete the files that were synced, you can run this command:
rm -rv ~/DropboxYou can remove a package through apt-get:
sudo apt-get remove dropboxIt works like this:
sudo dpkg --configure -a- Press Ctrl+C to before the download of Dropbox tries to do anything.
- Remove dropbox with
sudo apt-get purge nautilus-dropbox
I had the same error, because my internet fails
I did this:
sudo rm -r /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm -r /var/lib/dpkg/lockThose were directories that were causing troubles
Then i just remove it:
sudo apt-get remove nautilus-dropboxPd.- After that I tried to install it again and it works perfectly
I had the same issue and I ran all the above commands without any results. I was not able to uninstall no matter what so instead I ran with sudo apt install nautilus-dropbox and it installed all over again and at last I was able to launch and enter.
