Provided by: distrobox_1.7.0-1_all 
NAME
distrobox assemble
distrobox-assemble
DESCRIPTION
distrobox-assemble takes care of creating or destroying containers in batches, based on a
manifest file. The manifest file by default is ./distrobox.ini, but can be specified
using the --file flag.
SYNOPSIS
distrobox assemble
--file: path to the distrobox manifest/ini file
--name/-n: run against a single entry in the manifest/ini file
--replace/-R: replace already existing distroboxes with matching names
--dry-run/-d: only print the container manager command generated
--verbose/-v: show more verbosity
--version/-V: show version
EXAMPLES
This is an example manifest file to create two containers:
[ubuntu]
additional_packages="git vim tmux nodejs"
image=ubuntu:latest
init=false
nvidia=false
pull=true
root=false
replace=true
start_now=false
# You can add comments using this #
[arch] # also inline comments are supported
additional_packages="git vim tmux nodejs"
home=/tmp/home
image=archlinux:latest
init=false
start_now=true
init_hooks="touch /init-normal"
nvidia=true
pre_init_hooks="touch /pre-init"
pull=true
root=false
replace=false
volume="/tmp/test:/run/a /tmp/test:/run/b"
Create
We can bring them up simply using
distrobox assemble create
If the file is called distrobox.ini and is in the same directory you’re launching the
command, no further arguments are needed. You can specify a custom path for the file
using
distrobox assemble create --file /my/custom/path.ini
Replace
By default, distrobox assemble will replace a container only if replace=true is specified
in the manifest file.
In the example of the manifest above, the ubuntu container will always be replaced when
running distrobox assemble create, while the arch container will not.
To force a replace for all containers in a manifest use the --replace flag
distrobox assemble create --replace [--file my/custom/path.ini]
Remove
We can bring down all the containers in a manifest file by simply doing
distrobox assemble rm
Or using a custom path for the ini file
distrobox assemble rm --file my/custom/path.ini
Test
You can always test what distrobox would do by using the --dry-run flag. This command
will only print what commands distrobox would do without actually running them.
Available options
This is a list of available options with the corresponding type:
Flag Name Type
─────────────────────────────
additional_flags string
additional_packages string
home string
image string
init_hooks string
pre_init_hooks string
volume string
exported_apps string
exported_bins string
exported_bins_path string
entry bool
start_now bool
init bool
nvidia bool
pull bool
root bool
unshare_ipc bool
unshare_netns bool
unshare_process bool
unshare_devsys bool
unshare_all bool
boolean options default to false if not specified. string options can be broken in
multiple declarations additively in order to improve readability of the file:
[ubuntu]
image=ubuntu:latest
additional_packages="git vim tmux nodejs"
additional_packages="htop iftop iotop"
additional_packages="zsh fish"
Be aware that if you’re doing lines with spaces, you need to quote them. If you’re doing
multiple hooks (init or pre_init) in multiple lines, end the line with a semicolon (;) in
order to execute them one after the other.
For an explanation of each of the option in the list, take a look at the distrobox create
usage, each option corresponds to one of the create flags.
Advanced example
[tumbleweed_distrobox]
image=registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/distrobox
pull=true
additional_packages="acpi bash-completion findutils iproute iputils sensors inotify-tools unzip"
additional_packages="net-tools nmap openssl procps psmisc rsync man tig tmux tree vim htop xclip yt-dlp"
additional_packages="git git-credential-libsecret"
additional_packages="patterns-devel-base-devel_basis"
additional_packages="ShellCheck ansible-lint clang clang-tools codespell ctags desktop-file-utils gcc golang jq python3"
additional_packages="python3-bashate python3-flake8 python3-mypy python3-pipx python3-pycodestyle python3-pyflakes python3-pylint python3-python-lsp-server python3-rstcheck python3-yapf python3-yamllint rustup shfmt"
additional_packages="kubernetes-client helm"
init_hooks=GOPATH="${HOME}/.local/share/system-go" GOBIN=/usr/local/bin go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@latest;
init_hooks=GOPATH="${HOME}/.local/share/system-go" GOBIN=/usr/local/bin go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@latest;
init_hooks=GOPATH="${HOME}/.local/share/system-go" GOBIN=/usr/local/bin go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@latest;
init_hooks=GOPATH="${HOME}/.local/share/system-go" GOBIN=/usr/local/bin go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest;
init_hooks=GOPATH="${HOME}/.local/share/system-go" GOBIN=/usr/local/bin go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@latest;
init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/conmon;
init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/crun;
init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/docker;
init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/docker-compose;
init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/flatpak;
init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/podman;
init_hooks=ln -sf /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/local/bin/xdg-open;
exported_apps="htop"
exported_bins="/usr/bin/htop /usr/bin/git"
exported_bins_path="~/.local/bin"