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Create new container images

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## Description

Create a new base image for a suite known to `debootstrap(1)`. The image will later be used to spawn ephemeral containers in which packages can be built.

## Examples

You can easily create images for any suite that has a script in `debootstrap`. For example, to create a Debian Unstable image for your current machine architecture, you can use:

`$` `&command;` unstable

A more advanced example, for building on Ubuntu 18.10 on the x86 architecture:

`$` `&command;` --arch=i386 cosmic

The suite name is inferred from the container image name given as positional parameter. If it can not be inferred, you will need to pass the `--suite` parameter with the primary suite name for this image. If a `--base-suite` is passed and no `--suite` is set, the image name will automatically be assumed to be for an overlay suite, which may not always be the desired result.

## Options

NAME

- The name of the container image to create (usually the name of the suite).

@CREATE_FLAGS_ENTRIES@

## See Also

debspawn-build(1), debootstrap(1), systemd-nspawn(1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Matthias Klumpp mak@debian.org.