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NAME  DESCRIPTION  SYNOPSIS  EXAMPLES 

NAME

distrobox−init

DESCRIPTION

Init the distrobox (not to be launched manually)

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.

This is not intended to be used manually, but instead used by distrobox−create to set up the container’s entrypoint.

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.

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

EXAMPLES

distrobox−init −−name test−user −−user 1000 −−group 1000 −−home /home/test−user
distrobox−init −−upgrade


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