Linux - Unable to change Dropbox directory

I was having this same issue.  I found a fix in creating a Dropbox folder in my home directory prior to connecting my account.  This caused the installer to throw an error about a Dropbox folder already existing that prompted me to either delete the Dropbox folder or select a different location.  Eureka!  (for me at least...)

Guys solved, and the solution was the easiest and logic. 

I expose my situation:

sda1 300GB --> /

sda5 8TB --> /home

As I explained, I wanted to install Dropbox below /home directory, but playing as "root" user, by default, it forced the installation on /root

So I just installed the daemon using the user who owns the home directory I want and it works properly, just remember to add the "user" to the root group.

If you need more details, don't hesitate to ask.

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I was having this same issue.  I found a fix in creating a Dropbox folder in my home directory prior to connecting my account.  This caused the installer to throw an error about a Dropbox folder already existing that prompted me to either delete the Dropbox folder or select a different location.  Eureka!  (for me at least...)

This didn't work for me, but I did find a similar solution! I created a "work" dropbox account and set up a fresh installation of dropbox with that account, which places the "work" Dropbox folder in the defaut  ~/Dropbox. I then deleted everything in ~/.dropbox* (with rm -rf ~/.dropbox* ), reinstalled dropbox and set it up using my personal account. Now since the folder in ~/Dropbox already contains the dropbox for the work account, I got the prompt that allowed me to either delete the Dropbox folder or select a different location for my personal account. Somehow this worked when simply moving the folder within dropbox wouldn't... I hope this helps somebody! (using Fedora 27 btw)