How do I change the Dropbox directory on a headless GNU/Linux server?

Solution 1:

So here's my trick:

First I remove all related folder created in my home folder

rm -rf ~/.dropbox-dist

I also remove Dropbox default folder:

rm -rf ~/Dropbox

So then I reinstalled dropbox daemon by define HOME env var like this:

HOME=/data/other_folder dropbox.py start -i

Next, start dropboxd daemon manually by run:

HOME=/data/other_folder /data/other_folder/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd

Then wait it till finish.

You could just create a symlink to ~/Dropbox

ln -s <dir-that-you-want-to-sync> ~/Dropbox