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Stephen B.25
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8 years ago
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Dropbox on Linux (Ubuntu) moving directory: no icon

On Ubuntu 18.04. Dropbox has been purged and  *re-installed* because I want to put the Dropbox folder to an external drive.  ( I have read the documentation and I understand the issues. I will work w...
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    Jay
    8 years ago
    I just tested it on our Linux device here, and you’re correct in that it doesn’t allow moving the folder prior to when the files begin to sync.
     
    As that’s the case, the desktop app needs to be used to move the folder.
     
    Since you’re not seeing the icon in the menu bar and have already done an advanced reinstall, there’s little else that can be done from our end. Currently we only officially support Ubuntu and Fedora, so different flavors (like Ubuntu MATE) aren’t supported.
     
    The only thing that comes to mind is that the icon can’t appear in the menu bar due to the desktop environment, of which Unity, GNOME Classic, XFCE (with some Nautilus dependencies) and the GNOME (with an extension TopIcons) are supported.
     
    I’d recommend checking with the developers of Ubuntu MATE to see if they have a solution to this matter.
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Jay
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8 years ago
I just tested it on our Linux device here, and you’re correct in that it doesn’t allow moving the folder prior to when the files begin to sync.
 
As that’s the case, the desktop app needs to be used to move the folder.
 
Since you’re not seeing the icon in the menu bar and have already done an advanced reinstall, there’s little else that can be done from our end. Currently we only officially support Ubuntu and Fedora, so different flavors (like Ubuntu MATE) aren’t supported.
 
The only thing that comes to mind is that the icon can’t appear in the menu bar due to the desktop environment, of which Unity, GNOME Classic, XFCE (with some Nautilus dependencies) and the GNOME (with an extension TopIcons) are supported.
 
I’d recommend checking with the developers of Ubuntu MATE to see if they have a solution to this matter.
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Stephen B.25
Collaborator | Level 9
6 years ago

As a workaround :   

  dropbox stop
  mv ~/Dropbox /mnt/hd2
  mkdir /home/stephen/Dropbox
  mount --bind /mnt/hd2/Dropbox /home/stephen/Dropbox
  dropbox start

On restarting, Dropbox sent multiple messages to stdout but the Dropbox folder updates up and down just fine. After system reboot the journal shows no alarm so... 

To make this setting persistent add to /etc/fstab

/mnt/hd2/Dropbox /home/stephen/Dropbox  ext4 bind 0 0

 

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