Alpine linux commands

Alpine linux’s focus seems to be on being small and secure. A lot of things in Alpine linux are being done using the apk (Alpine Package Keeper) command.

Basic commands in Alpine linux

• You can check the current apk version by running the following command:

apk --version

Packages and repositories in Alpine linux

• Remove all the old formed cache from packages in Alpine linux by running the following command:

apk cache clean
apk -v cache clean

• Start fresh: clean packages caches and download missing packages in Alpine linux using the following command:

apk cache -v sync

• For example, in order to update and upgrade Alpine linux repositories:

apk update && apk upgrade

• To view all packages available in Alpine linux, we can use:

apk search -v

• To search for a particular package and in their description in Alpine linux, we can use:

apk -v -d "package_name"

• Or to confirm installation of the packages in Alpine linux, using the following command:

apk add package_name1 package_name2

• Or to confirm package upgrade in Alpine linux:

apk upgrade package_name

• To delete a specific package in Alpine linux, we can use the following command:

apk del package_name1 package_name2

• To view all current installed packages in Alpine linux, we can use the following command:

apk info

• To check if a certain package is installed in Alpine linux, we use the following command:

apk -e info package_name

• And if we need to manually install an .apk package in Alpine linux, we can use the following command:

apk --allow-untrusted path/to/package1.apk path/to/package2.apk