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NAME  DESCRIPTION  SYNOPSIS  EXAMPLES  SEE ALSO  ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 

NAME

distrobox ephemeral
distrobox−ephemeral

DESCRIPTION

distrobox−ephemeral creates a temporary distrobox that is automatically destroyed when the command is terminated.

SYNOPSIS

distrobox ephemeral

−−root/−r: launch podman/docker/lilipod with root privileges. Note that if you need root this is the preferred
way over "sudo distrobox" (note: if using a program other than 'sudo' for root privileges is necessary,
specify it through the DBX_SUDO_PROGRAM env variable, or 'distrobox_sudo_program' config variable)
−−verbose/−v: show more verbosity
−−help/−h: show this message
−−/−e: end arguments execute the rest as command to execute at login default: default ${USER}'s shell
−−version/−V: show version

EXAMPLES

distrobox−ephemeral −−image alpine:latest −− cat /etc/os−release
distrobox−ephemeral −−root −−verbose −−image alpine:latest −−volume /opt:/opt

You can also use flags from distrobox−create to customize the ephemeral container to run.

SEE ALSO

distrobox−create −−help
man distrobox−create

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

distrobox−ephemeral calls distrobox−create, SEE ALSO distrobox−create(1) for
a list of supported environment variables to use.


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se