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Asked: 2019-06-21 16:39:54 +0800 CST

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gi'

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Upon trying to start dropbox, it prompts 

$ dropbox start
Starting Dropbox...
The Dropbox daemon is not installed!
Run "dropbox start -i" to install the daemon

Following the instructions, 

$ dropbox start -i
Starting Dropbox...Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 1443, in start
    download()
  File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 294, in download
    import gi
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gi'

Then tried to install gi 

$ pip install gi
Collecting gi
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement gi (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for gi

The version:

$ lsb_release  -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 19.04
Release:        19.04
Codename:       disco
dropbox

2 Answers

  1. Make sure you don't have a conda environment enabled, including the root one, and run it as "sudo dropbox start -i"

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  2. You can skip the GTK interface which will avoid loading this gi module. Run the dropbox script:

    $ DISPLAY='' dropbox start -i

    And you will get the messages in your console instead of GTK windows.

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