Fedora Silverblue - Update all toolboxes

update-toolboxes.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Script to update all packages in all available Toolbox containers.
# It automatically detects the distro (Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, etc.)
# and uses the correct package manager.

# Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
set -e

echo "🔍 Starting update process for all Toolbox containers..."

# Get a list of container names, one per line.
# The 'toolbox list -c' command is used for its clean, machine-readable output.
containers=$(toolbox list -c | grep -v 'CONTAINER ID' | awk '{ print $2 }')

# Check if any containers were found.
if [ -z "$containers" ]; then
    echo "No Toolbox containers found. Exiting."
    exit 0
fi

# Loop through each container name.
for container in $containers; do
    echo "---"
    echo "📦 Processing container: '$container'"

    # Identify the distribution by reading the ID from /etc/os-release inside the container.
    # We use awk for robust parsing and tr to remove any surrounding quotes.
    distro_id=$(toolbox run -c "$container" awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{print $2}' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')

    if [ -z "$distro_id" ]; then
        echo "⚠️ Could not determine distribution for '$container'. Skipping."
        continue
    fi
    
    echo "   Distro detected: '$distro_id'"

    # Set the appropriate update command based on the detected distribution ID.
    update_command=""
    case "$distro_id" in
        fedora)
            update_command="sudo dnf upgrade -y"
            ;;
        ubuntu|debian)
            update_command="sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y"
            ;;
        arch)
            update_command="sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm"
            ;;
        *)
            echo "   ⚠️ Unsupported distribution '$distro_id'. Skipping update for '$container'."
            continue
            ;;
    esac

    echo "   Running update command: '$update_command'"
    
    # Execute the update command inside the specific container.
    if toolbox run -c "$container" sh -c "$update_command"; then
        echo "   ✅ Successfully updated '$container'."
    else
        echo "   ❌ Failed to update '$container'."
    fi
done

echo "---"
echo "✨ All containers have been processed."