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Configuration of dropbox-nautilus package hangs while downloading dropbox binary

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While installing dropbox from the repositories, my laptop ran out of power, and so the system went into a broken state. When I rebooted, I tried two methods to set it right. One was

sudo dpkg --configure -a

and

sudo apt-get install -f

Both were working fine, and they were downloading the dropbox package, but owing to my slow internet connection here, it's never getting completed, and is stuck at (at most) 47 %. A sample terminal-shot is

Setting up nautilus-dropbox (1.4.0-3)...

Dropbox is the easiest way to share and store your files online. Want to learn more? Head to http://www.dropbox.com/

Downloading Dropbox... 16%

So if this doesn't get completed the package will remain broken for ever, and I won't be able to install more software. So if there any way, I can rollback and then download dropbox from the site instead?

When I run dpkg -l | grep -v ^ii

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold

| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend

|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)

||/ Name                                      Version                                   Architecture Description

+++-=========================================-=========================================-============-==============================================================================

rc  libavcodec53:i386                         6:0.8.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.1                  i386         Libav codec library

rc  libavutil51:i386                          6:0.8.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.1                  i386         Libav utility library

iF  nautilus-dropbox                          1.4.0-3                                   i386         Dropbox integration for Nautilus

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answered 1 Year ago elopingapo · Accepted Answer

Let's fool nautilus-dropbox configuration scripts.

Backup some files:

sudo cp -a /var/lib/dpkg/info/nautilus-dropbox.postinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/nautilus-dropbox.postinst.bkp

sudo cp -a /var/lib/dpkg/info/nautilus-dropbox.prerm /var/lib/dpkg/info/nautilus-dropbox.prerm.bkp

Write new empty postinst and prerm scripts:

echo '#!/bin/sh' | sudo tee /var/lib/dpkg/info/nautilus-dropbox.postinst

echo 'exit 0' | sudo tee -a /var/lib/dpkg/info/nautilus-dropbox.postinst

sudo cp -a /var/lib/dpkg/info/nautilus-dropbox.postinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/nautilus-dropbox.prerm

Now you should be able to remove nautilus-dropbox:

sudo apt-get purge nautilus-dropbox