distrobox-init
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Description
Initthedistrobox(nottobelaunchedmanually)
distrobox-init is the entrypoint of a created distrobox. Note that this HAS to run from inside a
distrobox, will not work if you run it from your host.
Thisisnotintendedtobeusedmanually,butinsteadusedbydistrobox-createtosetupthecontainer’sentrypoint.
distrobox-init will take care of installing missing dependencies (eg. sudo), set up the user and groups,
mount directories from the host to ensure the tight integration.
Examples
distrobox-init --name test-user --user 1000 --group 1000 --home /home/test-user
distrobox-init --upgrade
Distrobox Jan 2025 DISTROBOX-INIT(1)
Name
distrobox-init
Synopsis
distrobox-init
--name/-n: user name
--user/-u: uid of the user
--group/-g: gid of the user
--home/-d: path/to/home of the user
--help/-h: show this message
--additional-packages: packages to install in addition
--init/-I: whether to use or not init
--pre-init-hooks: commands to execute prior to init
--nvidia: try to integrate host's nVidia drivers in the guest
--upgrade/-U: run init in upgrade mode
--verbose/-v: show more verbosity
--version/-V: show version
--: end arguments execute the rest as command to execute during init
