.\ .\" .\" Define V font for inline verbatim, using C font in formats .\" that render this, and otherwise B font. .ie "\f[CB]x\f[]"x" \{\ . ftr V B . ftr VI BI . ftr VB B . ftr VBI BI .\} .el \{\ . ftr V CR . ftr VI CI . ftr VB CB . ftr VBI CBI .\} .TH "DISTROBOX-INIT" "1" "Mar 2024" "Distrobox" "User Manual" .hy .SH NAME .IP .nf \f[C] distrobox-init \f[R] .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .PP \f[B]Init the distrobox (not to be launched manually)\f[R] .PP 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. .PP \f[B]This is not intended to be used manually, but instead used by distrobox-create to set up the container\[cq]s entrypoint.\f[R] .PP 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. .SH SYNOPSIS .PP \f[B]distrobox-init\f[R] .IP .nf \f[C] --name/-n: user name --user/-u: uid of the user --group/-g: gid of the user --home/-d: path/to/home of the user --help/-h: show this message --additional-packages: packages to install in addition --init/-I: whether to use or not init --pre-init-hooks: commands to execute prior to init --nvidia: try to integrate host\[aq]s nVidia drivers in the guest --upgrade/-U: run init in upgrade mode --verbose/-v: show more verbosity --version/-V: show version --: end arguments execute the rest as command to execute during init \f[R] .fi .SH EXAMPLES .IP .nf \f[C] distrobox-init --name test-user --user 1000 --group 1000 --home /home/test-user distrobox-init --upgrade \f[R] .fi