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distrobox-init(1)

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Usage

distrobox-init

Overview

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.

Examples

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

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.