Set up Dropbox

Install and authenticate dropbox as per the section called “ Obtain the encrypted cloud ”.

Set up whatever is needed for it to show up in the waybar. This produces inconsistent results even reboot to reboot, as well as muttered warnings about deprecated packages. Possibly: the ubuntu packages ayatana-desktop-indicator, libappindicator3-1, and possibly libappindicator3-dev.

Automate Dropbox in Sway

This is how to set up a user-specific automated systemd process, i.e., a way to replace startup scripts that used to live in /etc/init.d. This process should work for any user service; this example is for Dropbox. Stop any existing Dropbox processes and create a systemd user service. mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user/ cp ~/Dropbox/Basic/new_machine/linux/config/dropbox.service ~/.config/systemd/user

[Unit]
After=local-fs.target network.target
Description=Dropbox as a user service

[Service]
Environment=DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
Environment=DISPLAY=:0
ExecStart=%h/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=1
Type=simple

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

systemctl --user start dropbox.service If it works: systemctl --user enable dropbox.service

TODO for Sway