---
name: "sbuild-shell"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sbuild"
version: "0.89.3+deb13u4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sbuild-shell"
---

# sbuild-shell(1)

run a shell in an sbuild chroot

## NAME

sbuild-shell - run a shell in an sbuild chroot

## SYNOPSIS

**sbuild-shell** \[**-h**\|**--help** \| **-V**\|**--version**\] **CHROOT**

## DESCRIPTION

**sbuild-shell** runs an interactive shell (*/bin/sh*) inside the specified chroot. The changes will not be discarded, so this can be used to setup a build chroot.

## OPTIONS

### Actions

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display this manual.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version information.

### Chroot selection

- **CHROOT**

  The chroot to use.  Note that ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘t’, ‘u’ and ‘e’ may be used as abbreviations for ‘oldstable’, ‘stable’, ‘testing’, ‘unstable’ and ‘experimental’, respectively.

## EXAMPLES

To run a shell in the *unstable* chroot:

`% `**sbuild-shell unstable↵**\

## AUTHORS

```
Roger Leigh.
```

## COPYRIGHT

```
Copyright © 2006–2008 Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>.
```

## SEE ALSO

[**sbuild**(1)](/sbuild/1.md).