Supported Operating System Distributions
Toolbx is regularly tested on the following host operating systems:
- Arch Linux
- Fedora
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux >= 8.5
- Ubuntu
By default, Toolbx tries to use an image matching the host operating system distribution for creating containers. If there is no image matching the host, it falls back to a Fedora image. Currently, there are images available for the OSes listed above.
It’s possible to create containers for a different distribution through the use of the distro and release command line options, or their counterparts in the configuration file. The distro option specifies the name of the distribution, and release specifies its version. For example:
toolbox create --distro ubuntu --release 22.04
Supported combinations are:
| Distro | Release |
|---|---|
| arch | latest or rolling |
| fedora | <release> or f<release> eg., 42 or f42 |
| rhel | <major>.<minor> eg., 10.0 |
| ubuntu | <YY>.<MM> eg., 22.04 |
Once you enter the distro environment with toolbox enter you have access to all the .deb packages the distro provide, regardless of the host operating system you use.
