- Host = Your Linux installation. "Outside" of the Distrobox container.
- Host = Your Linux installation. "Outside" of the Distrobox container.
- "Enter a Distrobox". Your shell is now inside of the Distrobox. Commands you run will use the programs installed in the Distrobox, not the programs installed on your host OS. Here are various ways to think about it:
- "Enter a Distrobox". Your shell is now inside of the Distrobox container. Commands you run will use the programs installed in the Distrobox, not the programs installed on your host OS. Here are various ways to think about it:
- "Entering" the Distrobox.
- "Entering" the Distrobox.
- "Enabling" the Distrobox.
- "Enabling" the Distrobox.
- "Opening" the Distrobox.
- "Opening" the Distrobox.
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@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Use the `distrobox-host-exec` command. For example:
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@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Use the `distrobox-host-exec` command. For example:
user@distrobox:~$ git
user@distrobox:~$ git
bash: git: command not found
bash: git: command not found
user@distrobox:~$ distrobox-host-exec git
user@distrobox:~$ distrobox-host-exec git
... successfully runs git command, assuming it is installed on the host OS ...
```
```
To make it easier to use you can add a Bash alias.
To make it easier to use you can add a Bash alias.