Distrobox question

[tinfoil-hat]

Hi, lets say I install Distrobox. And inside that Distrobox I install some AI Agents via curl that require a ton of npm packages. Are all npm Packages and changes to the OS deleted, if I delete the Distrobox?

 

[Condobloke]

That sounds like a perfect scenario for taking a Timeshift snapshot prior to installing, to me

 

[gvisoc]

Hi, lets say I install Distrobox. And inside that Distrobox I install some AI Agents via curl that require a ton of npm packages. Are all npm Packages and changes to the OS deleted, if I delete the Distrobox?

Yes and no.

• If you install npm and their packages "global", with sudo in the distrobox, that would target a target directory such as "/usr/", yes. That goes in a volume attached to the container that will get disposed when you delete the container.
• If you install npm and their packages in the user directory, no. Distrobox will use your user directory on the host's filesystem: it doesn't use a separate volume for the user files, unless you specify the creation of a separate volume for your home directory.

See:

• https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/blob/main/docs/usage/distrobox-create.md

 

[tinfoil-hat]

Yes and no.

• If you install npm and their packages "global", with sudo in the distrobox, that would target a target directory such as "/usr/", yes. That goes in a volume attached to the container that will get disposed when you delete the container.
• If you install npm and their packages in the user directory, no. Distrobox will use your user directory on the host's filesystem: it doesn't use a separate volume for the user files, unless you specify the creation of a separate volume for your home directory.

See:

• https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/blob/main/docs/usage/distrobox-create.md

so to simplify it:
everything in a distrobox / get's deleted together with the distrobox and /home will persist when distrobox is deleted?