Linux - Unable to change Dropbox directory

[mike _.]

I'm using Fedora Workstation 25 with GNOME.

Trying to change the Dropbox directory results in the utterly useless message "Unexpected errors occurred. Your Dropbox is ok!".

Steps to recreate problem:

• Dropbox directory is currently ~/Dropbox
• Start Dropbox application by running ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
• Right click sys tray icon and select Preferences.
• Click "Move…" button under Account > Location
• Select directory /local on which my user has write permissions.
• The message "Unexpected errors occurred. Your Dropbox is ok!" appears.

Observations:

• The directory /local/Dropbox is sucesfully created.
• One of the directories in ~/Dropbox is created in /local/Dropbox/ It's empty. Deleting that directory from ~/Dropbox before attempting the move doesn't help.
• Selecting other directories on which my user has write permissions results in the same behaviour.
• Permissions and ownership of my Dropbox directory and user's home directory are OK. (Troubleshooting advice for Linux at https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/move-dropbox-folder is pooly written. sudo is not needed on all those commands. "Internet menu" is not a thing in all (any?) desktop environments.)
• There's a log file in ~/.dropbox/logs/1 but it's a binary blob so useless without something to make it human readable and I can't locate such a thing.
• Deleting all my files from ~/Dropbox/  waiting for sync to complete and then attempting the move doesn't help.
• When attemping the move after deleting all my files from ~/Dropbox/  /local/Dropbox/.dropbox.cache/ is succesfully created. It's empty.
• Pausing syncing before attempting the move doesn't help.
• There don't seem to be any options that can be passed to ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd to get more info.  (Adding --help prevents it running!)

[dumon]

great, thank you much, I will give a try as I have time. I will let you know if it wroks for me) for now I have switched to another cloud ) Cheers, mate

[dumon]

no it does not work for me (((

[0x000000]

Hi dumon,
Mount any ext4 partition on ~/Dropbox/

Then delete ~/.dropbox 

Restart dropbox, it will give you option to select another location, later you can unmount new partition & completely delete ~/Dropbox folder.

[hrvig]

I'm getting this exact error. Did you find a solution?

[Jane]

Hey @hrvig, can you elaborate a bit on that for me please? Do you have the same inquiry as the OP on this thread or a different one? Thanks in advance! 

[hrvig]

Hey Jane, I'm dual-booting Debian 10 and Windows 10 on the same harddisc. I'm running Debian 10 on a ext4 partition and Windows 10 on ntfs partition. I want to store my files only once on my harddisc so I want a partition, which both debian 10 and Windows 10 can read/write. Initially I though ntfs could do it but Dropbox refuses to install on anything else than ext4 on my debian 10 partition. Any help would be appreciated 🙂

[Jane]

Thanks for the detailed explanation @hrvig; kindly note that this is slightly different than what's been discussed here, however I’ll do my best to further advise! 

While making the Dropbox folder visible from both systems isn’t currently a supported configuration, you can still install the Dropbox desktop application for each user profile separately & utilize Selective Sync to reduce your overall resources usage & load of the client. 

Hopefully my message points you towards the right direction & please do let me know how you get on with my advice or if you have any follow-up questions!