Ubuntu – still get an older version of Dropbox when downloading the latest one

Try this solution from How To Solve: No Dropbox Icon In Ubuntu 13.10

sudo apt-get install libappindicator1

I'm currently trying it. It worked for me.

So, no complete answer in over two months?

Allllllll-righty then!

Now presenting... my ever-so-embarrassing, not-really-to-be-recommended, disgustingly cringeworthy hack:

• Find your notification icons in the .dropbox-dist directory, which might be in ~/.dropbox-dist or /var/lib/dropbox/.dropbox-dist. Inside this, the icons are in the folder dropbox-lnx.x86_64-3.2.9/images/hicolor/16x16/status (or similar, your path may differ depending on the version and build used).
• Determine the colour of your xfce4-panel. This is easy using a tool like Gimp with the colour picker tool (). Mine happens to be #242424.
• For each of the notification icons which are PNG images with transparency, open them with Gimp. Yes, that's right folks, I'm going to change that background from transparent to a solid color (in my case, #242424).

The result:

Looking good. This is perfectly fine for me, as I don't change the xfce4-panel color. However, some things to note:

• You'll need to restart dropbox for the change to take effect:
  • ~$ dropbox stop
  • ~$ dropbox start
• If you edit the stock 16x16px icons, you might find them centred with a 2px #EFEBE7 border if your icons are 22x22px. I addressed this by simply enlarging the icons to my required size (22x22px).

• If Dropbox is ever updated, your icons might be blown away. If you're going to try this yourself, keep a backup copy of your icons outside the Dropbox directory. Or, you can just download them from here (if you also use #242424 for your panel color):

• (dropboxstatus-logo.png)

• (dropboxstatus-idle.png)
• (dropboxstatus-busy.png)
• (dropboxstatus-busy2.png)
• (dropboxstatus-x.png)