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theringoffire

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Registered: 2014-01-25

Posts: 25

[SOLVED] Remove remains of proton-drive-sync

Hi @ll,
I am not sure where to put this, so I start in NV.

I tried the proton-drive-sync from AUR but did not remove it properly because I simply don't know how to do this. So I  just yay -R ed.

I tried to follow the readme on the GitHub Page but could not figure out how the commands would work.

I think I would need to re-install and do this:
"To completely remove proton-drive-sync and all its data:"

proton-drive-sync reset --purge

But calling proton-drive-sync from the command line would just accept some  (Java???) options when calling --help.

I noticed that some service is still trying to start the drive-sync when I noticed a load of errors and warnings in the syslog. One Block reads like:

7/3/26 5:29PM	systemd	proton-drive-sync.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
7/3/26 5:29PM	systemd	proton-drive-sync.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
7/3/26 5:29PM	systemd	proton-drive-sync.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 6059.
7/3/26 5:29PM	systemd	Started Proton Drive Sync.
7/3/26 5:29PM	(proton-drive-sync)	proton-drive-sync.service: Unable to locate executable '/usr/bin/proton-drive-sync': No such file or directory
7/3/26 5:29PM	(proton-drive-sync)	proton-drive-sync.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/bin/proton-drive-sync: No such file or directory

Repeating every minute.

How can I get rid of this?
There is no (visible) service running like proton-drive-sync.service or anything remotely similar.
Any hints are welcome.

Thanks!
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Last edited by theringoffire (2026-07-04 22:25:35)

espresso

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From: Potemkin Village,Pale Blue Dot

Registered: 2023-05-15

Posts: 84

Re: [SOLVED] Remove remains of proton-drive-sync

One can check the specific AUR page - I do not see exactly 'proton-drive-sync' but I see https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/prot … e-sync-bin - for discussions or workarounds or viewing the PKGBUILD online to troubleshoot.

proton-drive-sync reset --purge

But calling proton-drive-sync from the command line would just accept some  (Java???) options when calling --help.

If the package is installed and not partially removed, that could be an issue for the proton-drive-sync project itself. You could find/report an issue or check the source to see what it is doing. I presume https://github.com/DamianB-BitFlipper/proton-drive-sync

'sudo systemctl daemon-reload' may refresh systemd and resolve some of the logged errors, but if uninstall failed there may be more to do, like removing those specific services and their associated symlinks from /etc/systemd.

Last edited by espresso (2026-07-04 21:24:43)

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theringoffire

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Registered: 2014-01-25

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] Remove remains of proton-drive-sync

Thanks for the reply.

This is a known issue, so it was in the "closed" issues on GitHub, not immediately visible.

A note on the AUR would be nice but as I see it I cannot register to AUR at this time to do it myself.

Marking the issue as closed.