Ubuntu 18.04 container doesn't work

[alcir]

It is stated that Ubuntu 18.04 is a supported container distro, but

[user@pc ~]$ distrobox-create --name ubuntu-18 --image docker.io/library/ubuntu:18.04
e4a127e1cf407e72033dc8f34326c1793796de62f97ecbc871ad71823824b89b
Distrobox 'ubuntu-18' successfully created.
To enter, run:
	distrobox-enter --name ubuntu-18
[user@pc ~]$    distrobox-enter --name ubuntu-18
Starting container ubuntu-18
run this command to follow along:
	podman logs -f ubuntu-18
.......
done!
Error: executable file `bash` not found in $PATH: No such file or directory: OCI runtime attempted to invoke a command that was not found

An error occurred

[89luca89]

Hi @alcir
Can i have the output of the podman logs? Probably something went wrong with the container initialization

Thanks!

[alcir]

Sure

log.txt

[89luca89]

Seems like the container bootstrapped correctly
I've tried it right now and it works indeed, seems like a problem with your PATH
Can you do

distrobox-enter --name ubuntu-18 --verbose

to check? It should not have this type of problem, as for now you can see in line 163 of distrobox-enter I ensure that the standard FHS path is present (/usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /sbin /bin)

Let's see if the problem is there

[alcir]

distrobox-enter --name ubuntu-18 --verbose

log2.txt

[alcir]

Mmmh, I tried on another Fedora host, and there, with podman logs -f ubuntu-18 I simply get
exec container process (missing dynamic library?) /usr/bin/entrypoint: No such file or directory
But maybe this is a very messed up host.

Btw using another Fedora system, I get the same as before: Error: executable file bash not found in $PATH blah blah

[89luca89]

Got it, can reproduce now
It's not adding the default /bin/ and /sbin/ paths to PATH correctly, hence it will not find bash in ubuntu-18
It doesn't work with your PATH, it works with my PATH, probably need to check in a better way while building up the PATH variable.

[89luca89]

@alcir opened a new pull to fix this, can you check if the fix works?
It worked for me after I've reproduced your PATH

[alcir]

Works for me 👍

[89luca89]

Cool! 🎉