DISTROBOX(1) User Manual DISTROBOX(1) COMPATIBILITY This project does not need a dedicated image. It can use any OCI images from docker-hub, quay.io, or any registry of your choice. Many cloud images are stripped down on purpose to save size and may not include commands such as which, mount, less or vi). Additional packages can be installed once inside the container. We recommend using your preferred automation tool inside the container if you find yourself having to repeatedly create new containers. Maintaining your own custom image is also an option. The main concern is having basic Linux utilities (mount), basic user management utilities (usermod, passwd), and sudo correctly set. SUPPORTED CONTAINER MANAGERS distrobox can run on either podman, docker or lilipod (https://github.com/89luca89/lilipod) It depends either on podman configured in rootless mode or on docker configured without sudo (follow THESE instructions (https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/)) o Minimum podman version: 2.1.0 o Minimum docker client version: 19.03.15 o Minimum lilipod version: v0.0.1 Follow the official installation guide here: o o o CONTAINERS DISTROS Distrobox guests tested successfully with the following container images: Distro Version Images ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AlmaLinux (Toolbox) 8 9 quay.io/toolbx-images/almalinux-toolbox:8 quay.io/toolbx-images/almalinux-toolbox:9 quay.io/toolbx-images/almalinux-toolbox:latest Alpine (Toolbox) 3.16 3.17 3.18 edge quay.io/toolbx-images/alpine-toolbox:3.16 quay.io/toolbx-images/alpine-toolbox:3.17 quay.io/toolbx-images/alpine-toolbox:3.18 quay.io/toolbx-images/alpine-toolbox:edge quay.io/toolbx-images/alpine-toolbox:latest AmazonLinux (Toolbox) 2 2022 quay.io/toolbx-images/amazonlinux-toolbox:2 quay.io/toolbx-images/amazonlinux-toolbox:2023 quay.io/toolbx-images/amazonlinux-toolbox:latest Archlinux (Toolbox) quay.io/toolbx/arch-toolbox:latest Bazzite Arch ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-arch:latest ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-arch-gnome:latest Centos (Toolbox) stream8 stream9 quay.io/toolbx-images/centos-toolbox:stream8 quay.io/toolbx-images/centos-toolbox:stream9 quay.io/toolbx-images/centos-toolbox:latest Debian (Toolbox) 10 11 12 testing quay.io/toolbx-images/debian-toolbox:10 unstable quay.io/toolbx-images/debian-toolbox:11 quay.io/toolbx-images/debian-toolbox:12 quay.io/toolbx-images/debian-toolbox:testing quay.io/toolbx-images/debian-toolbox:unstable quay.io/toolbx-images/debian-toolbox:latest Fedora (Toolbox) 37 38 39 Rawhide registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:37 registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:38 registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:39 registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:rawhide openSUSE (Toolbox) registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/distrobox:latest RedHat (Toolbox) 8 9 registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/toolbox registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/toolbox quay.io/toolbx-images/rhel-toolbox:latest Rocky Linux (Toolbox) 8 9 quay.io/toolbx-images/rockylinux-toolbox:8 quay.io/toolbx-images/rockylinux-toolbox:9 quay.io/toolbx-images/rockylinux-toolbox:latest Ubuntu (Toolbox) 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 quay.io/toolbx/ubuntu-toolbox:16.04 quay.io/toolbx/ubuntu-toolbox:18.04 quay.io/toolbx/ubuntu-toolbox:20.04 quay.io/toolbx/ubuntu-toolbox:22.04 quay.io/toolbx/ubuntu-toolbox:latest AlmaLinux 8 8-minimal 9 9-minimal docker.io/library/almalinux:8 docker.io/library/almalinux:9 Alpine Linux 3.15 3.16 docker.io/library/alpine:3.15 docker.io/library/alpine:3.16 docker.io/library/alpine:latest AmazonLinux 1 2 2023 public.ecr.aws/amazonlinux/amazonlinux:1 public.ecr.aws/amazonlinux/amazonlinux:2 public.ecr.aws/amazonlinux/amazonlinux:2023 Archlinux docker.io/library/archlinux:latest CentOS Stream 8 9 quay.io/centos/centos:stream8 quay.io/centos/centos:stream9 CentOS 7 quay.io/centos/centos:7 Chainguard Wolfi Small note: sudo is cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base:latest missing, use su-exec instead. ClearLinux docker.io/library/clearlinux:latest docker.io/library/clearlinux:base Crystal Linux registry.getcryst.al/crystal/misc/docker:latest Debian 7 8 9 10 11 12 docker.io/debian/eol:wheezy docker.io/library/debian:buster-backports docker.io/library/debian:bullseye-backports docker.io/library/debian:bookworm-backports docker.io/library/debian:stable-backports Debian Testing docker.io/library/debian:testing docker.io/library/debian:testing-backports Debian Unstable docker.io/library/debian:unstable deepin 20 (apricot) 23 (beige) docker.io/linuxdeepin/apricot Fedora 36 37 38 39 Rawhide quay.io/fedora/fedora:36 quay.io/fedora/fedora:37 quay.io/fedora/fedora:38 quay.io/fedora/fedora:39 quay.io/fedora/fedora:rawhide Gentoo Linux rolling docker.io/gentoo/stage3:latest KDE neon Latest invent-registry.kde.org/neon/docker-images/plasma:latest Kali Linux rolling docker.io/kalilinux/kali-rolling:latest Mint 21.1 docker.io/linuxmintd/mint21.1-amd64 Neurodebian nd100 docker.io/library/neurodebian:nd100 openSUSE Leap registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/leap:latest openSUSE Tumbleweed registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/distrobox:latest registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/tumbleweed:latest registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/toolbox:latest Oracle Linux 7 7-slim 8 8-slim 9 container-registry.oracle.com/os/oraclelinux:7 9-slim container-registry.oracle.com/os/oraclelinux:7-slim container-registry.oracle.com/os/oraclelinux:8 container-registry.oracle.com/os/oraclelinux:8-slim container-registry.oracle.com/os/oraclelinux:9 container-registry.oracle.com/os/oraclelinux:9-slim RedHat (UBI) 7 8 9 registry.access.redhat.com/ubi7/ubi registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-init registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-init registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal Rocky Linux 8 8-minimal 9 quay.io/rockylinux/rockylinux:8 quay.io/rockylinux/rockylinux:8-minimal quay.io/rockylinux/rockylinux:9 quay.io/rockylinux/rockylinux:latest Scientific Linux 7 docker.io/library/sl:7 SteamOS ghcr.io/linuxserver/steamos:latest Ubuntu 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 docker.io/library/ubuntu:14.04 22.04 23.04 docker.io/library/ubuntu:16.04 docker.io/library/ubuntu:18.04 docker.io/library/ubuntu:20.04 docker.io/library/ubuntu:22.04 Vanilla OS VSO ghcr.io/vanilla-os/vso:main Void Linux ghcr.io/void-linux/void-glibc-full:latest Images marked with Toolbox are tailored images made by the community efforts in toolbx-images/images (https://github.com/toolbx- images/images), so they are more indicated for desktop use, and first setup will take less time. Note however that if you use a non-toolbox preconfigured image, the first distrobox-enter you'll perform can take a while as it will download and install the missing dependencies. A small time tax to pay for the ability to use any type of image. This will not occur after the first time, subsequent enters will be much faster. NixOS is not a supported container distro, and there are currently no plans to bring support to it. If you are looking for unprivileged NixOS environments, we suggest you look into nix-shell (https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/command-ref/nix-shell.html) or nix portable (https://github.com/DavHau/nix-portable) NEW DISTRO SUPPORT If your distro of choice is not on the list, open an issue requesting support for it, we can work together to check if it is possible to add support for it. Or just try using it anyway, if it works, open an issue and it will be added to the list! OLDER DISTRIBUTIONS For older distributions like CentOS 5, CentOS 6, Debian 6, Ubuntu 12.04, compatibility is not assured. Their libc version is incompatible with kernel releases after >=4.11. A work around this is to use the vsyscall=emulate flag in the bootloader of the host. Keep also in mind that mirrors could be down for such old releases, so you will need to build a custom distrobox image to ensure basic dependencies are met. GPU ACCELERATION SUPPORT For Intel and AMD Gpus, the support is baked in, as the containers will install their latest available mesa/dri drivers. For NVidia, you can use the --nvidia flag during create, see distrobox- create documentation to discover how to use it. Alternatively, you can use the nvidia-container-toolkit utility to set up the integration independently from the distrobox's own flag. Distrobox Mar 2024 DISTROBOX(1)