Talk:Alpine Package Keeper

2023-01-22T13:45:20Z

Tedsecretsource: /* How to use the --virtual parameter */ new section

== note on apk update ==

There is an --update-cache or -U option which can be used together with ''apk <anything>'' that will first perform an ''apk update''. Might be worth mentioning that. --[[User:Ncopa|Ncopa]] 11:02, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

There is an --initdb option that does not even show in apk help command. Is this deprecated ? --[[User:Vkrishn|Vkrishn]] ([[User talk:Vkrishn|talk]]) 10:32, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

== "Packages and Repositories" section - ftp still being used? ==

The stated section currently has the following example of a valid repo:
<nowiki>ftp://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.6/main</nowiki>
Is the '''ftp''' protocol still being used?
The passage could then be updated to "v3.7".
--[[User:John3-16|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16|talk]]) 22:43, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

== Troubleshooting - "apk-tools is old" ==

Could the following instruction be added? This may not yet have been tested on a system that is still exhibiting this error message:

If edge is not tagged, upgrade from one of the edge/main mirrors. For example:

<pre>sudo apk add --upgrade apk-tools --update-cache --repository http://dl-2.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/ --allow-untrusted</pre>

--[[User:John3-16|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16|talk]]) 04:58, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

== How to use the --virtual parameter ==

As a new user trying to keep a docker image small but needing to compile some packages, it would be very, very helpful to include a detailed explanation of the `--virtual` parameter of `add` with examples of how to use it. I would add it myself but I only know what I've read in stackoverflow and, well, you know how reliable that can be… TIA

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