How to Install and Uninstall toolbox Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "toolbox" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install toolbox on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                toolbox
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "toolbox" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall toolbox on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                toolbox
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the toolbox package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package toolbox:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : toolbox
Version : 2.3+git20231030.3a6ef35-1.2
Arch : noarch
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 44.8 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : toolbox-2.3+git20231030.3a6ef35-1.2.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/openSUSE/microos-toolbox
Summary : Script to start a toolbox container for system debugging
Description :
On systems using transactional-update it is not really possible due to
the read-only root filesystem to install tools to analyze problems in the
currently running system, a reboot is always required. Which makes it next
to impossible to debug such problems. toolbox is a small script that launches
a container to let you bring in your favorite debugging or admin tools in
such a system. The root filesystem can be found at /media/root.