distrobox-upgrade
upgrade Distrobox containers using native package managers
TLDR
Upgrade a container
$ distrobox-upgrade [container_name]
Upgrade all containers$ distrobox-upgrade -a
Upgrade specific containers$ distrobox-upgrade [container1] [container2]
Run upgrade in the background with root privileges$ distrobox-upgrade --root [container_name]
SYNOPSIS
distrobox-upgrade [options] [containers...]
DESCRIPTION
distrobox-upgrade upgrades one or more Distrobox containers using each container's native package manager. It runs the appropriate update commands (apt, dnf, pacman, etc.) based on the container's distribution.
PARAMETERS
-a, --all
Upgrade all containers.--root
Launch podman/docker/lilipod with root privileges. Useful for containers created with --root.-v, --verbose
Show more verbosity.containers
Space-separated list of container names to upgrade.
INSTALL
sudo dnf install distrobox
sudo pacman -S distrobox
sudo apk add distrobox
sudo zypper install distrobox
brew install distrobox
nix profile install nixpkgs#distrobox
CAVEATS
Each container is upgraded using its own package manager. Large upgrades may take significant time and disk space.
SEE ALSO
distrobox(1), distrobox-enter(1), distrobox-create(1), distrobox-list(1)