Include:Upgrading to Edge
An upgrade of Alpine Linux from a stable version to the rolling development version, edge can be done in a few simple steps. (These instructions assume that Alpine Linux is installed to a hard drive, rather than run-from-RAM.)
To begin, you need to update your /etc/apk/repositories file. Here are some shortcuts for doing so:
- Launch
setup-apkrepos
Enter e to edit /etc/apk/repositories. Change the version number (such as v2.6) to edge. - Or, edit the file in place:
sed -i -e 's/v2\.6/edge/g' /etc/apk/repositories
- Launch
The result should look like this:
Contents of /etc/apk/repositories
Next, upgrade all your packages in one shot:
apk upgrade --update-cache --available
The --available
switch is used to force all packages to be upgraded, even if they have the same version numbers. Sometimes changes in uClibc have required doing this.
sync reboot
To check your current release:
cat /etc/alpine-release
You will see the build date attached to the release.