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2025-05-29T04:17:26Z

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Prabuanand: Content under General Notes has been moved to Help:Reading

2025-01-12T12:55:41Z

Content under General Notes has been moved to Help:Reading

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	== General Notes ==		== General Notes ==

	* When '''#''' is displayed before a command, that means the command needs to ~~be run with root privileges.~~		Content here has been moved to [[Help:Reading]]

	* Anything in < > is likely just a placeholder that you need to replace (example: ~~<editor> file.txt).~~

	* Some information in here might be a repeat of information in other wiki pages. If you find a section where that is the case, please add a link to the original wiki page.		* Some information in here might be a repeat of information in other wiki pages. If you find a section where that is the case, please add a link to the original wiki page.

Prabuanand: Language related information moved to Musl page temporarily with other locale information

2024-11-08T14:44:15Z

Language related information moved to Musl page temporarily with other locale information

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	<br>		<br>

	~~== Language support ==~~

	~~{{Expand}}~~

	* Fix unicode defaults: <code>sed -i 's/#unicode="NO"/#unicode="NO"\nunicode="YES"/' /etc/rc.conf</code>
	* <code>apk add musl-locales</code> Installs a limited set of locales (languages) for musl (C library) generated console messages.
	* Listing defined locales is possible with <code>locale -a</code>
	* <code>cp /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh</code> Copies the default locale settings. Then the custom override file can be edited <code>nano /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh</code>.
	* <code>apk add lang</code> Pulls in the translation packages of all installed packages.
	* <code>apk list hunspell*</code> To list available hunspell dictionary packages.
	* <code>apk list -xy -xy-*</code> To list translation packages for your specific (xy) language (for example, pt for Portuguese).

	~~<br>~~

	== Miscellaneous ==		== Miscellaneous ==

Zcrayfish: /* Xorg */ Removed fluff.

2023-07-28T09:15:29Z

Xorg: Removed fluff.

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	==== Xorg ====		==== Xorg ====
	Most desktop environments (DE) or Windows Managers (WM) require Xorg (also called: X11, X). ~~While in~~ the future many will ~~fully~~ migrate to [[Wayland]], currently Xorg is still widely used.		Most desktop environments (DE) or Windows Managers (WM) require Xorg (also called: X11, X). In the future many will migrate to [[Wayland]], currently Xorg is still widely used.

	Alpine Linux provides a script that will install Xorg. Run the following command to install Xorg:		Alpine Linux provides a script that will install Xorg. Run the following command to install Xorg:

Zcrayfish: /* Xorg */ Lets simplify this a bit... There's no need to install rdp or development stuff to run basic Xorg.

2023-07-28T09:14:14Z

Xorg: Lets simplify this a bit... There's no need to install rdp or development stuff to run basic Xorg.

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	Most desktop environments (DE) or Windows Managers (WM) require Xorg (also called: X11, X). While in the future many will fully migrate to [[Wayland]], currently Xorg is still widely used.		Most desktop environments (DE) or Windows Managers (WM) require Xorg (also called: X11, X). While in the future many will fully migrate to [[Wayland]], currently Xorg is still widely used.

	~~<br>~~		Alpine Linux provides a script that will install Xorg. Run the following command to install Xorg:

	~~There are two ways you can get Xorg installed.~~

	~~<br>~~

	~~By default~~ Alpine Linux provides a script that will install Xorg. Run the following command to install Xorg:
	{{cmd\|# setup-xorg-base}}		{{cmd\|# setup-xorg-base}}

	or

	~~{{cmd\|# apk add xorg-server xorg-server-common xorg-server-dev xorgproto xorgxrdp xorgxrdp-dev}}~~
	~~{{Note\| the apk add method is probably incomplete}}~~

	~~<br>~~

	==== Wayland ====		==== Wayland ====

Sertonix: /* Basic tools */ PAGER=less is exported by default in the alpine-baselayout package

2023-07-03T10:39:18Z

Basic tools: PAGER=less is exported by default in the alpine-baselayout package

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	{{Cmd\|# apk add sed attr dialog bash bash-completion grep util-linux pciutils usbutils binutils findutils readline lsof less nano curl}}		{{Cmd\|# apk add sed attr dialog bash bash-completion grep util-linux pciutils usbutils binutils findutils readline lsof less nano curl}}

	~~{{Cmd\|<nowiki>$ export PAGER=less</nowiki>}}~~


	==== Manual pages ====		==== Manual pages ====

Psykose: locale.sh rename

2023-05-04T07:29:20Z

locale.sh rename

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	* <code>apk add musl-locales</code> Installs a limited set of locales (languages) for musl (C library) generated console messages.		* <code>apk add musl-locales</code> Installs a limited set of locales (languages) for musl (C library) generated console messages.
	* Listing defined locales is possible with <code>locale -a</code>		* Listing defined locales is possible with <code>locale -a</code>
	* <code>cp /etc/profile.d/~~locale~~.sh /etc/profile.d/~~locale~~.sh.sh</code> Copies the default locale settings. Then the custom override file can be edited <code>nano /etc/profile.d/~~locale~~.sh.sh</code>.		* <code>cp /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh</code> Copies the default locale settings. Then the custom override file can be edited <code>nano /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh</code>.
	* <code>apk add lang</code> Pulls in the translation packages of all installed packages.		* <code>apk add lang</code> Pulls in the translation packages of all installed packages.
	* <code>apk list hunspell*</code> To list available hunspell dictionary packages.		* <code>apk list hunspell*</code> To list available hunspell dictionary packages.

Tech3599: /* Technical */ Removed dead link

2023-03-24T05:35:24Z

Technical: Removed dead link

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Installation]]		* [[Installation]]
	* [[Alpine newbie]]
	* [[Comparison with other distros]]		* [[Comparison with other distros]]

	[[Category:Newbie]]		[[Category:Newbie]]
	[[Category:Installation]]		[[Category:Installation]]

Guest09248: Replaced the first Note with a proposal to delete this page

2022-09-13T16:46:16Z

Replaced the first Note with a proposal to delete this page

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	{{~~Draft~~\|~~Still might be missing some things but (i think) it is mostly complete}}~~		{{Delete\|After all of the information in this page is moved to their own pages, and links to the pages have been provided in [[Installation#Post-Installation]] this page should be deleted}}

	~~{{Note\|This [[Post installation\|Post Installation]] wiki~~ page ~~has been created, however, its information~~ is ~~better~~ to ~~be kept in~~ their ~~(even already existing!)~~ own ~~and individually manageable ("authoritative") topic~~ pages and ~~only directly referenced (linked) from~~ the ~~list~~ in ~~the~~ [[Installation]] ~~overview~~ page~~. (Not to~~ be ~~duplicated here and to never get updated again!) If you would like to help with this process please go ahead.~~}}

	== General Notes ==		== General Notes ==

Encode: Another section down

2022-06-28T20:02:36Z

Another section down

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	== Creating a new standard user account ==		== Creating a new standard user account ==

			{{Note\| This should be safe to delete. All relevant information should be in [[Setting up a new user]]}}

	After installing Alpine by default you only get a root account. You will probably want to create an account that is not root,		After installing Alpine by default you only get a root account. You will probably want to create an account that is not root,