[Edit] To answer my question, yes, Dropbox does indeed store its application information in your user’s /home folder by default. As long as you don’t wipe your /home folder, you should be good to go once you reinstall the Dropbox app after reformatting/reinstalling your distro (Tested with a few Fedora-based distros, YMMV if you use Debian/Arch). I didn’t have to re-login; the Dropbox app just worked.

Is it possible to reinstall Linux (or distro hop) without losing my Dropbox install? Could I move the Dropbox install to my home folder so it survives the OS install?

  • kunaltyagi@programming.dev
    4·
    4 months ago

    Do you mean

    1. To persist the programs installed across multiple OS installs, or
    2. To persist the Dropbox login/folders across multiple OS installs?
    • Horsey@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      4 months ago

      Option 2, with more emphasis on the login component. My files are safe, but I don’t wanna bother my buddy to 2FA me every time I need to reinstall Linux for whatever reason.

      • kunaltyagi@programming.dev
        2·
        4 months ago
        1. Having a separate partition for /home might be sufficient since dropbox keeps the login details in ~/.config
        2. Use a tool like rclone and run sync manually. Can backup the API key post the in-browser login. If you spend extra effort, you can create a systemd file to automate this as well