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I'm glad this is out there, and I have paid to retrieve it. However, it failed to install with many package dependencies -- which was odd to me since the older R4 add-on never needed any. What's the best place to follow-up for support on this? I tried posting to the forum on the web site there, but it didn't really look like it was in working order...

I guess you tried installing the add-on via the command line which is not how it is meant to be done by Netgear. I wish Netgear would have listened and had chosen a different file extension for add-ons/apps. Anyway, the recommended way to install *any* add-on is to use the "Upload" function in the upper right corner of the "Apps" tab. This will check for and install all needed dependencies as well.-Stefan

That's interesting, since this would be first addon I've seen that resulted in other packages silently being installed. And, frankly, given the list of dependencies that failed, and my usual approach of installing as few addons as possible, this makes me extremely nervous. Had the list of dependencies been clearly listed in the description of the package I may well have decided against purchasing it. Beyond that, it's been my experience that the upload function fails at least 70% of the time -- including today, in fact, when I was upgrading transmissionr6. All that aside, could you lay out what the expected dependencies are and why?

I suggest you hop onto your ReadyNAS using SSH, go to /var/log/readynasd and inspect the install_debpkg.log there. Afterwards we talk again about "silent install of other packages" ;)Anyway: the dependencies are just for the web interface. Since some of the dependencies require some additional packages themselves, I can't give a complete list easily. But since all packages are downloaded from the official Debian repositories or the Netgear provided one, I don't think there's any security risk involved there. If you have a Linux box at hand you can get the list of additional packages that the add-on requires directly by using the "dpkg --info" command on the package. If you don't have a Linux box you can do the same in an ssh session on the ReadyNAS.Speaking of the upload function I can only say that I try to make damn sure that it works for my add-ons/apps. And yes, that sometimes requires a bit or even a lot of tweaking - I complained about this a lot during the beta phase but all requests for changes and enhancements unfortunately went unheard.As for the transmissionr6 problem: I'm quite sure you'll find some information about the failure in the log I pointed to in the beginning of this post.-Stefan

Well, I got around the transmissionr6 issue by invoking dpkg manually. ;)Anyway, I did just use the upload function to install Dropboxmanager and, well I guess you could say the results were mixed. It reports success. But now the web UI for the NAS is dead and the Dropbox service apparently failed to start...START(/tmp/dropboxmanager_1.0.2_amd64.deb): Tue Apr 22 12:10:46 PDT 2014Hit http://apt.readynas.com 6.1.7 Release.gpgHit http://mirrors.kernel.org wheezy Release.gpgHit http://apt.readynas.com 6.1.7 ReleaseHit http://mirrors.kernel.org wheezy ReleaseHit http://mirrors.kernel.org wheezy/main amd64 PackagesHit http://apt.readynas.com 6.1.7/updates amd64 PackagesHit http://apt.readynas.com 6.1.7/apps amd64 PackagesHit http://apt.readynas.com 6.1.7/main amd64 PackagesReading package lists... new debian package, version 2.0. size 106182 bytes: control archive=2637 bytes. 55 bytes, 2 lines conffiles 517 bytes, 13 lines control 3313 bytes, 41 lines md5sums 478 bytes, 18 lines * postinst #!/bin/bash 169 bytes, 7 lines * postrm #!/bin/sh 1361 bytes, 61 lines * preinst #!/bin/bash 183 bytes, 7 lines * prerm #!/bin/sh Package: dropboxmanager Version: 1.0.2 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: ReadyNAS Xtras <xtras@readynasxtras.com> Installed-Size: 388 Depends: libapache2-mod-wsgi, sudo, python-django, python-feedparser, python-sqlite, python2.7, wget Depends: libapache2-mod-wsgi, sudo, python-django, python-feedparser, python-sqlite, python2.7, wgetFound 7 dependantspkg[1/7]= libapache2-mod-wsgipkg[2/7]= sudopkg[3/7]= python-djangopkg[4/7]= python-feedparserpkg[5/7]= python-sqlitepkg[6/7]= python2.7pkg[7/7]= wgetChking dependencies..pkg[1/7]= libapache2-mod-wsgiDepenency libapache2-mod-wsgi metpkg[2/7]= sudoDepenency sudo metpkg[3/7]= python-djangoDepenency python-django metpkg[4/7]= python-feedparserDepenency python-feedparser metpkg[5/7]= python-sqliteDepenency python-sqlite metpkg[6/7]= python2.7Depenency python2.7 metpkg[7/7]= wgetDepenency wget met Section: misc Priority: optional Description: Dropbox Manager for ReadyNAS OS 6 The Dropbox Manager will install the latest binaries of the Dropbox daemon on x86 based ReadyNAS systems. It also includes a Django based web interface for managing user accounts and daemon settings.fv-dpkginstall.awk: successSuccess install dependencies for /tmp/dropboxmanager_1.0.2_amd64.debSelecting previously unselected package dropboxmanager.(Reading database ... 35872 files and directories currently installed.)Unpacking dropboxmanager (from .../dropboxmanager_1.0.2_amd64.deb) ...Setting up dropboxmanager (1.0.2) ...insserv: warning: script 'automatic' missing LSB tags and overridesNo DropBox users defined!invoke-rc.d: initscript dropboxmanager, action "start" failed.dpkg: error processing dropboxmanager (--install): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1Errors were encountered while processing: dropboxmanagerDONE(0): Tue Apr 22 12:11:08 PDT 2014spooler returns spool_status=0 outbuf=(null) errbuf=(null) is_localapp=1 name=dropboxmanager_1.0.2_amd64.deb pkgname=dropboxmanager

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btaroli
Prodigy
Mar 13, 2015
Sounds a little bit like viewtopic.php?f=154&t=80319
gibxxi
Guide
Mar 14, 2015
I agree. I was reading your thread a few days back, before I migrated. As soon as I saw the issue, I thought of you and your problems with it.

I saw a post on a thread somewhere by dsm212 (or whatever his name is, lol) stating that CA certificates were in a "broken state" in the 6.2.3 betas. If this is the case, and not for 6.2.2, I can imagine that anyone who has been doing this mod for a while and installed DropBox early on, may not be affected by this. Whereas now, it's an entirely different story if your installing for the first time on 6.2.3. I'm not going to downgrade to 6.2.2 (Just to install one add-on) to try and prove the theory though.

I have very little on DropBox, and only use it for quick sharing with friends. DropBox will never have a compelling enough deal for me to use them as a backup service. It's all or nothing with me, and I have 5TB of data to back up, so I make my own (localised) provisions for that. I'll leave it off my OS6 NAS and soldier on with the old installer version on the OS4 NAS for now.

EDIT: Like you, I also have BTSync installed. But That's also currently disabled. Not got around to setting up/testing that so far.
gibxxi
Guide
Mar 14, 2015
...Nice blog btw.

;)

Dan/Gib.

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