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Containers (`docker` / `podman`)¶

Copy files from / into a running container¶

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Note

In these examples, $container_id can be found using podman ps.

From¶

podman cp $container_id:/$path $file

Into¶

podman cp $file $container_id:/$path

Running GUI apps in containers¶

docker and podman can be invoked with certain arguments to allow it to render GUI applications in the OS that the container is invoked in.

X11¶

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podman run \
    -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY \
    -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
    $image

Wayland¶

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docker run \
    -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp \
    -e WAYLAND_DISPLAY=$WAYLAND_DISPLAY \
    -v $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/$WAYLAND_DISPLAY:/tmp/$WAYLAND_DISPLAY  \
    --user=$(id -u):$(id -g) \
    $image