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distrobox-export

Export app/service/binary from container to host OS. Subcommand of distrobox. See also: tldr distrobox. More information: https://distrobox.privatedns.org/usage/distrobox-export.html.
  • 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

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