I've recently switched to Bazzite after using Tuxedo OS and Mint, and I'm really appreciating its stability for non-gaming tasks. I want to use the Rclone Web Manager to access Dropbox, but I'm having trouble. When I try to run it, I get an error saying the Rclone binary is missing. I attempted to install Rclone using rpm-ostree and brew, but neither option worked, even after updating Flatseal profiles to include bin paths. Now I'm considering using Distrobox to install and run Rclone. Is this a good approach?
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Using Distrobox to run Rclone involves creating a container with a compatible distro, like Ubuntu. Once you're in that container, you can run `sudo apt install rclone` to install it easily. After installation, use `distrobox-export` to make the rclone binary available on your host system. Just a heads-up, I tried doing it the rpm-ostree way but found it unnecessary since it didn't connect to my cloud storage properly. The GUI tool may not work smoothly with the Distrobox exported Rclone, but installing directly in the container might do the trick!
Yes, using Distrobox is definitely a viable solution for managing software like Rclone! You can create a container for it, which will keep your main system clean and let you install different versions of software easily. Check out DistroShelf too for managing your containers more straightforwardly!
Oh fantastic, thanks for the tip! I hadn’t heard of DistroShelf before!
Got it! I need to get my head around that shell environment thing; how does that fit into the recipe for success?