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distrobox-export — Export app/service/binary from container to host OS. See also: `distrobox`. More information: <https

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Problem

How to use the distrobox-export command: Export app/service/binary from container to host OS. See also: distrobox. More information: <https://distrobox.it/usage/distrobox-export/>.

Solution

distrobox-export — Export app/service/binary from container to host OS. See also: distrobox. More information: <https://distrobox.it/usage/distrobox-export/>.

Export an app from the container to the host (the desktop entry/icon will show up in your host system's application list):
distrobox-export {{[-a|--app]}} {{package}} {{[-ef|--extra-flags]}} "--foreground"


Export a binary from the container to the host:
distrobox-export {{[-b|--bin]}} {{path/to/binary}} {{[-ep|--export-path]}} {{path/to/binary_on_host}}


Export a binary from the container to the host (i.e.$HOME/.local/bin):
distrobox-export {{[-b|--bin]}} {{path/to/binary}} {{[-ep|--export-path]}} {{path/to/export}}


Export a service from the container to the host (--sudo will run the service as root inside the container):
distrobox-export --service {{package}} {{[-ef|--extra-flags]}} "--allow-newer-config" {{[-S|--sudo]}}


Unexport/delete an exported application:
distrobox-export {{[-a|--app]}} {{package}} {{[-d|--delete]}}

Code Snippets

Export an app from the container to the host (the desktop entry/icon will show up in your host system's application list)

distrobox-export {{[-a|--app]}} {{package}} {{[-ef|--extra-flags]}} "--foreground"

Export a binary from the container to the host

distrobox-export {{[-b|--bin]}} {{path/to/binary}} {{[-ep|--export-path]}} {{path/to/binary_on_host}}

Export a binary from the container to the host (i.e.`$HOME/.local/bin`)

distrobox-export {{[-b|--bin]}} {{path/to/binary}} {{[-ep|--export-path]}} {{path/to/export}}

Export a service from the container to the host (`--sudo` will run the service as root inside the container)

distrobox-export --service {{package}} {{[-ef|--extra-flags]}} "--allow-newer-config" {{[-S|--sudo]}}

Unexport/delete an exported application

distrobox-export {{[-a|--app]}} {{package}} {{[-d|--delete]}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/distrobox-export

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