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distrobox-upgrade

upgrade Distrobox containers using native package managers

TLDR

Upgrade a container
$ distrobox-upgrade [container_name]
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Upgrade all containers
$ distrobox-upgrade -a
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Upgrade specific containers
$ distrobox-upgrade [container1] [container2]
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Run upgrade in the background with root privileges
$ distrobox-upgrade --root [container_name]
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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.

CAVEATS

Each container is upgraded using its own package manager. Large upgrades may take significant time and disk space.

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