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10 distrobox-ephemeral creates a temporary distrobox that is automatically
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14 distrobox ephemeral
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16 --root/-r: launch podman/docker/lilipod with root privileges. Note that if you need root this is the preferred
17 way over "sudo distrobox" (note: if using a program other than 'sudo' for root privileges is necessary,
18 specify it through the DBX_SUDO_PROGRAM env variable, or 'distrobox_sudo_program' config variable)
19 --verbose/-v: show more verbosity
20 --help/-h: show this message
21 --/-e: end arguments execute the rest as command to execute at login default: bash -l
22 --version/-V: show version
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25 distrobox-ephemeral --image alpine:latest -- cat /etc/os-release
26 distrobox-ephemeral --root --verbose --image alpine:latest --volume /opt:/opt
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28 You can also use flags from distrobox-create to customize the ephemeral
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36 distrobox-ephemeral calls distrobox-create, SEE ALSO distrobox-create(1) for
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