distrobox-stop(1)

distrobox-stop1

Usage

distrobox stop

Overview

distrobox-stop stop a running distrobox.

Distroboxes are left running, even after exiting out of them, so that subsequent enters are really quick. This is how they can be stopped.

Examples

distrobox-stop container-name1 container-name2
distrobox-stop container-name
distrobox-stop --all

You can also use environment variables to specify container manager and name:

DBX_CONTAINER_MANAGER="docker" DBX_CONTAINER_NAME=test-alpine distrobox-stop

Environment

DBX_CONTAINER_MANAGER
DBX_CONTAINER_NAME
DBX_NON_INTERACTIVE
DBX_SUDO_PROGRAM

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

From distrobox 1.8.2.5-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.