DropBox boutique installer deadlocked

[ouroumov]

So @lah7: this happened:

It got stuck here, it's impossible to cancel, close the window or the Boutique.
I'm not sure what to do, good thing I don't have to reboot yet. ^^

[wolfman]

HI @ouroumov,

what about trying to install it using Synaptic and force quit the terminal/Boutique first?.

[stevecook172001]

This is what I would typically do under such circumstances:

Force/quit the window or, if the system was completely locked, then power it off with the power button.

Get back to the desktop (hopefully unproblematically) and open a terminal and issue the following:

sudo apt-get remove caja-dropbox

sudo apt-get purge caja-dropbox

sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get install -f

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install caja-dropbox

[v3xx]

Hi ouroumov

Could this of been a fluke? The Software Boutique (16.04) installed DropBox for me without issue.

[ouroumov]

I think it's because of the crappy wifi I'm using.
Most likely connection failed after establishing connection to the dropbox website.

Quote from a website:

The default value for the “TCP Established timeout” on a Linux server is 5 days.

I wonder if it's the same for a desktop Linux machine. xD

Edit: btw the window is still stuck.

[wolfman]

Hi @ouroumov,

add the "Force Quit" icon to your top panel and use that to stop it!.

[ouroumov]

So I forgot to update this thread.
I had to shut down eventually.
Upon reboot I ran the fixes from the software boutique.
All good.
Weird though, and apparently some other dude on IRC is now experiencing something similar:

<Dekkard> can i get a hand ?
<Dekkard> doing an upgrade and synaptic and the who thing is stalled on dropbox