distrobox-upgrade - (unknown subject)

NAME  DESCRIPTION  SYNOPSIS  EXAMPLES 

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NAME

distrobox−upgrade

DESCRIPTION

distrobox−upgrade will enter the specified list of containers and will perform an upgrade using the container’s package manager.

SYNOPSIS

distrobox upgrade

−−help/−h: show this message
−−all/−a: perform for all distroboxes
−−running: perform only for running distroboxes
−−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
−−version/−V: show version

EXAMPLES

Upgrade all distroboxes

distrobox−upgrade −−all

Upgrade all running distroboxes

distrobox−upgrade −−all −−running

Upgrade a specific distrobox

distrobox−upgrade alpine−linux

Upgrade a list of distroboxes

distrobox−upgrade alpine−linux ubuntu22 my−distrobox123

Automatically update all distro

You can create a systemd service to perform distrobox−upgrade automatically, this example shows how to run it daily:

~/.config/systemd/user/distrobox−upgrade.service

[Unit]
Description=distrobox−upgrade Automatic Update

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=distrobox−upgrade −−all
StandardOutput=null

~/.config/systemd/user/distrobox−upgrade.timer

[Unit]
Description=distrobox−upgrade Automatic Update Trigger

[Timer]
OnBootSec=1h
OnUnitInactiveSec=1d

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Then simply do a systemctl −−user daemon−reload && systemctl −−user enable −−now distrobox−upgrade.timer

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