NAME

       toolbox - Tool for containerized command line environments on Linux

SYNOPSIS

       toolbox [--assumeyes | -y]
               [--help | -h]
               [--log-level LEVEL]
               [--log-podman]
               [--verbose | -v]
               COMMAND [ARGS...]

DESCRIPTION

       Toolbox  is  a  tool  for  Linux  operating systems, which allows the use of containerized
       command line environments. It is built on top  of  Podman  and  other  standard  container
       technologies from OCI.

       This  is  particularly  useful  on  OSTree  based operating systems like Fedora CoreOS and
       Silverblue. The intention of these systems is to discourage installation  of  software  on
       the host, and instead install software as (or in) containers — they mostly don't even have
       package managers like DNF or YUM.  This  makes  it  difficult  to  set  up  a  development
       environment or install tools for debugging in the usual way.

       Toolbox  solves  this  problem by providing a fully mutable container within which one can
       install their favourite development and debugging tools, editors and  SDKs.  For  example,
       it's possible to do yum install ansible without affecting the base operating system.

       However,  this tool doesn't require using an OSTree based system. It works equally well on
       Fedora  Workstation  and  Server,  and  that's  a  useful  way  to   incrementally   adopt
       containerization.

       The  toolbox  environment  is  based on an OCI image. On Fedora this is the fedora-toolbox
       image. This image is used to create a toolbox container that  seamlessly  integrates  with
       the  rest  of  the  operating system by providing access to the user's home directory, the
       Wayland and X11  sockets,  networking  (including  Avahi),  removable  devices  (like  USB
       sticks), systemd journal, SSH agent, D-Bus, ulimits, /dev and the udev database, etc..

GLOBAL OPTIONS

       The following options are understood:

       --assumeyes, -y

       Automatically answer yes for all questions.

       --help, -h

       Print a synopsis of this manual and exit.

       --log-level=level

       Log  messages  above  specified  level: debug, info, warn, error, fatal or panic (default:
       error)

       --log-podman

       Show log messages of invocations of Podman based on the logging level specified by  option
       log-level.

       --verbose, -v

       Same as --log-level=debug. Use -vv to include --log-podman.

COMMANDS

       Commands for working with toolbox containers and images:

       toolbox-create(1)

       Create a new toolbox container.

       toolbox-enter(1)

       Enter a toolbox container for interactive use.

       toolbox-help(1)

       Display help information about Toolbox.

       toolbox-init-container(1)

       Initialize a running container.

       toolbox-list(1)

       List existing toolbox containers and images.

       toolbox-rm(1)

       Remove one or more toolbox containers.

       toolbox-rmi(1)

       Remove one or more toolbox images.

       toolbox-run(1)

       Run a command in an existing toolbox container.

SEE ALSO

       podman(1), https://github.com/containers/toolbox

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