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.TH "DISTROBOX\-EPHEMERAL" "1" "Mar 2026" "Distrobox" "User Manual"
.SH NAME
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distrobox ephemeral
distrobox\-ephemeral
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.SH DESCRIPTION
distrobox\-ephemeral creates a temporary distrobox that is automatically
destroyed when the command is terminated.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\f[B]distrobox ephemeral\f[R]
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\-\-root/\-r:      launch podman/docker/lilipod with root privileges. Note that if you need root this is the preferred
            way over \[dq]sudo distrobox\[dq] (note: if using a program other than \[aq]sudo\[aq] for root privileges is necessary,
            specify it through the DBX_SUDO_PROGRAM env variable, or \[aq]distrobox_sudo_program\[aq] config variable)
\-\-verbose/\-v:       show more verbosity
\-\-help/\-h:      show this message
\-\-/\-e:          end arguments execute the rest as command to execute at login   default: default ${USER}\[aq]s shell
\-\-version/\-V:       show version
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.SH EXAMPLES
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distrobox\-ephemeral \-\-image alpine:latest \-\- cat /etc/os\-release
distrobox\-ephemeral \-\-root \-\-verbose \-\-image alpine:latest \-\-volume /opt:/opt
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You can also use flags from \f[B]distrobox\-create\f[R] to customize the
ephemeral container to run.
.SH SEE ALSO
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distrobox\-create \-\-help
man distrobox\-create
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.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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distrobox\-ephemeral calls distrobox\-create, SEE ALSO distrobox\-create(1) for
a list of supported environment variables to use.
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