Distrobox and Audio Recorder

Updated 2 January 2026.

This is all done at the terminal. I could use a GUI front-end, but why add another application when I only need one external application, Audio Recorder, in the first place?

Install Distrobox

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michel-slm/distrobox

    sudo apt update

    sudo apt install distrobox

Create an Arch Container

    distrobox create --name Arch --image docker.io/library/archlinux:latest

    distrobox enter Arch

Install Yay on Arch

Yay is the interface to the Arch User Repository. That is the only repository containing Audio Recorder outside of the Ubuntu PPA.

    git clone https:/aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git

    cd yay-bin

    sudo pacman -S base-devel

    makepkg -si

Install Audio Recorder

    yay -Ss audio-recorder (to make sure it exists)

    yay -S audio-recorder (to install it)

Export Audio Recorder to the Host

    distrobox-export --app audio-recorder

    logout or exit

When finished, the application shows up in the appropriate category in the menu, with "(on Arch)" tacked onto the end of the title.

Uninstall the Container

If Audio Recorder is no longer needed:

    distrobox stop arch

    distrobox rm arch

Uninstall Distrobox

If Distrobox is no longer needed:

    sudo apt purge --autoremove distrobox

All of this is only one example. I don't know if I'll ever even need it.