Comment 16 for bug 909488

Hi. I'm just a random Ubuntu user who is also a DropBox user. I intsalled the package from the Ubuntu repo, got the "running from an unsupported location" message, and found this bug report.

As I read this thread, the Dropbox company position is that it's better not to have the package in the Ubuntu repo at all than to have the install result in the present user experience.

Speaking as a user, I agree with Dropbox. If the desired installation and upgrade behavior can not be managed in a reasonable way based on Ubuntu's repo policies and security/upgrade expectations, and especially if an install results in an error message every time you boot up, then it does more harm than good to have the package in the Ubuntu-managed repo in the first place.