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Distrobox assemble can now automatically export apps (blog.9wd.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw yesterday that the current development version of Distrobox has gained the ability to define applications not only to the desktop launcher, but now also to the $PATH to invoke distrobox applications from the cli.

For those who have not yet heard of Distrobox, I wrote the linked blog explaining how I can now run a cli tool that I have already packaged for a ci pipeline in a Distrobox on my Steam deck.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Very, very cool!

I use Silverblue with distrobox and was really hoping for a way to keep track of what I’ve installed in my distrobox images, since tracking layered packages is so easy in Silverblue already.

I’ve been intrigued by nix’s declarative aspects and this seems like a great way to have something similar with distrobox.

Edit: and yes, exporting to $PATH is also great! Right now I just have two different terminals: one launches into a distrobox image, the other the main os. Now I just need one. 😎