<title>Build and boot a minimal Fedora distribution in a container</title>
<programlisting># dnf -y --releasever=&fedora_latest_version; --installroot=/var/lib/machines/f&fedora_latest_version; \
- --repo=fedora --repo=updates --setopt=install_weak_deps=False install \
- passwd dnf fedora-release vim-minimal util-linux systemd systemd-networkd
+ --use-host-config --setopt=install_weak_deps=0 \
+ --repo=fedora --repo=updates install \
+ passwd dnf fedora-release nano util-linux systemd systemd-networkd
# systemd-nspawn -bD /var/lib/machines/f&fedora_latest_version;</programlisting>
- <para>This installs a minimal Fedora distribution into the
- directory <filename index="false">/var/lib/machines/f&fedora_latest_version;</filename>
+ <para>(Omit <parameter>--use-host-config</parameter> when using <command>dnf</command> <= 4.)
+ This installs a minimal Fedora distribution into the directory
+ <filename index="false">/var/lib/machines/f&fedora_latest_version;</filename>
and then boots that OS in a namespace container. Because the installation
is located underneath the standard <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>
directory, it is also possible to start the machine using