Dropbox-like services for RPi

Hello Larry!

08 Nov 16 14:48, you wrote to The Natural Philosopher: LM> No source. Just an x86 binary. :-(

64b and 32b for most of the real distros and

How do I build the Dropbox installer for Linux from source?

The Dropbox installation package source has been released to the public via a GPL license. This means that even if we don't have installation packages for your Linux or Unix distribution of choice, you can still compile a version yourself.

Umm for the PI's and ARMHF.. ummmm... nautilius isn't that the file manager from gnome (blech, spit, blech) ????

You will have to look at the dependencies on that to determine you can get any where with it... above my code level

For AMRHF ie: Pi's

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I'm looking for some method of syncing a folder in the cloud with a few RPis.

I've been googling. It looks like Dropbox Uploader might be the best solution, or at least worth a shot. But I'm wondering if I'm missing anything that might be better for my use. I already use and like Dropbox, but I know there are enough cloud services like that that perhaps there's one that actually supports the Raspbian.

For some simple digital signage, I'm using Video Looper. It just plays videos from a directory with omxplayer. So far, I've been able to just stick a new USB drive in when I wanted to make changes. However, I'd now like the ability to change files remotely. We have more screens in use now in different locations and being able to push out files from a central location without touching the pis would be great. I'm trying to make setup as simple as possible on the pi end. Each pi would probably have its own folder to sync with.

Any suggestions for accomplishing this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Hello The!

08 Nov 16 17:16, you wrote to me:

TP> apt-get install build-essentials should get you a compile environment TP> on yer Pi.

FYI... I think that was directed to some one else not me...

Rick

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Why not rent your own vps and set up rsync on it?

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It sounds as if you don't need a cloud, per se, but just a mechanism for peer to peer file synchronisation? Maybe 'syncthing' would do the trick for you? I'm using it on RPis here (on a LAN, rather than the internet, admittedly, but I think it should work for that too).

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If "the cloud" is an existing VPS type of server, then simply running rsync on the client Pi's to periodically get an update is relatively trivial to do.

Other solutions like that would be GIT or even a pull from a remote web server (wget or curl)

Gordon

Thanks for the suggestion.

Rsync would be easy for me, but other than helping to set up, I have nothing to do with this and want the easiest possible solution for the folks using it to just add machines (pis or desktops) and have it just work the way they're used to. They all use Dropbox already.

Rsync may actually be the way to go. I already have a VPS that I use and it would probably be quickest for me. I'd just prefer not to have them tied to me and really don't want to give them something else to keep track of.

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Looks like source for a client exists.

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I've never heard of syncthing. Just did a quick read of what that does. That may work. Will take a closer look later. Thanks.

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I thought about pulling from a web server, but then I have to set up a mechanism for the maintainer of this to get his stuff onto the server. Certainly not impossible. I don't know how their web site is built. If it's built on a CMS, that's pretty trivial.

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Am 08.11.2016 um 03:12 schrieb Larry Moss:

Why not setup you own owncloud server. "same" systeme like dropbox but all yours.

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No source. Just an x86 binary. :-(

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this:

if you don't have a DE.

Bye Jack

Definbitely source!

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Even on Windows, the official dropbox client uses Python, whether or not there's a binary blob somewhere deeper, I've never had to investigate.

This client is pure C. No python at all.

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apt-get install build-essentials should get you a compile environment on yer Pi.

Then in general explode the zip /bz2 archive into a safe place

CD to it and run ./configure make

At this point you may encounter errors from things you need as well, and its a real game trying to work out what source packages you meed as well as the code you are compiling.

This is why the package manager was invented....

Sadly yes it is an extension to the nautilus file manager, but that is usable by idiots.

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Vaclav Klaus

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I'll play with a few of them and see what works best in this environment. Now that I know I can build a Dropbox client, I'm going to at least try that one since that's where I started on this. But, as I hoped, you've all provided other paths for me to explore. I'll report back when I have something running.

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