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A patch for the Dropbox notification area icon bug for Xubuntu 16.04. Curtesy of: http://www.webupd8.org/2016/06/fix-dropbox-indicator-icon-and-menu-not.html
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dropbox-icon-fix.sh
cp ~/.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop ~/.config/autostart/start_dropbox.desktop
sed -i 's/^Exec=.*/Exec=dbus-launch dropbox start -i/' ~/.config/autostart/start_dropbox.desktop
dropbox autostart n
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications/
cp /usr/share/applications/dropbox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
sed -i 's/^Exec=.*/Exec=dbus-launch dropbox start -i/' ~/.local/share/applications/dropbox.desktop
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