distrobox-export Command Examples

Export app/service/binary from container to host OS. See also: tldr 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 --app {{package}} --extra-flags "--foreground"

• Export a binary from the container to the host:

distrobox-export --bin {{path/to/binary}} --export-path {{path/to/binary_on_host}}

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

distrobox-export --bin {{path/to/binary}} --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}} --extra-flags "--allow-newer-config" --sudo

• Unexport/delete an exported application:

distrobox-export --app {{package}} --delete