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TL;DR

distrobox-export

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

This document was created using the contents of the tldr project.