Universal Blue•3mo ago

Distrobox separate home and user for python

Hey, Does anybody managed how to not mess own home directory, for example with python packages? I built my container with the command below:

distrobox create -i registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:latest --init --additional-packages "systemd" -n oreilly --home ~/dbx/oreilly

distrobox create -i registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:latest --init --additional-packages "systemd" -n oreilly --home ~/dbx/oreilly

But when I want to install any package via pip it tries to mess my host's home:

pip3 install requests
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/bennek/.local/bin/pip3", line 5, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main import main
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip'

pip3 install requests
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/bennek/.local/bin/pip3", line 5, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main import main
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip'

Does anybody know how to make my distrobox container to point to my created home?

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BennekOP•3mo ago

After a little digging. Separate home directory using

--home

--home

flag suits my needs. I'm closing this post.

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Distrobox separate home and user for python