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distrobox-ephemeral(1)

distrobox-ephemeral1

Usage

distrobox ephemeral

Overview

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

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.

Environment

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

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)

From distrobox 1.8.2.5-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.