Setting up the build environment on HDD - Revision history

Prabuanand: updated wikilinks

2025-10-31T15:44:30Z

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	An existing Alpine Linux installation running in [[~~Setting up disks manually~~\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation can be used as build environment. Alternates are to setup a clean [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|Alpine Linux build environment in a chroot]] inside another system, or some form of [[Developer Documentation#Configuring your development system\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.		An existing Alpine Linux installation running in [[System Disk Mode\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation can be used as build environment. Alternates are to setup a clean [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|Alpine Linux build environment in a chroot]] inside another system, or some form of [[Developer Documentation#Configuring your development system\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.

	{{Note\|For a build environment, it is recommended to [[Repositories#Upgrading_to_edge\|Upgrade and use '''edge''']] version.}}		{{Note\|For a build environment, it is recommended to [[Repositories#Upgrading_to_edge\|Upgrade and use '''edge''']] version.}}

Prabuanand: removed the transclusion and added wikilink

2025-10-27T05:04:18Z

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	An existing Alpine Linux installation running in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation can be used as build environment. Alternates are to setup a clean [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|Alpine Linux build environment in a chroot]] inside another system, or some form of [[Developer Documentation#Configuring your development system\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.		An existing Alpine Linux installation running in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation can be used as build environment. Alternates are to setup a clean [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|Alpine Linux build environment in a chroot]] inside another system, or some form of [[Developer Documentation#Configuring your development system\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.

	{{Note\|For a build environment, it is recommended to ~~use~~ [[#Upgrade ~~to edge\|~~edge]] version.}}		{{Note\|For a build environment, it is recommended to [[Repositories#Upgrading_to_edge\|Upgrade and use '''edge''']] version.}}

	~~== Upgrade to edge ==~~
	~~{{:Include:Upgrading to Edge~~}}

	== Setup your system and account ==		== Setup your system and account ==

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2025-06-16T10:43:36Z

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	== Setup your system and account ==		== Setup your system and account ==
	{{:Setup your system and account for building packages}}		{{:Include:Setup your system and account for building packages}}

	== Contribute ==		== Contribute ==

Prabuanand: rephrased note and introduction paragraph

2025-06-16T10:30:52Z

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	An existing Alpine Linux installation running in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation can be used as build environment. Alternates are to setup a clean ~~Alpine Linux build environment inside another system, using a~~ [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|chroot]] or some form of [[~~:Category:Virtualization~~\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.		An existing Alpine Linux installation running in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation can be used as build environment. Alternates are to setup a clean [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|Alpine Linux build environment in a chroot]] inside another system, or some form of [[Developer Documentation#Configuring your development system\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.

	{{Note\|For ~~use as~~ a build environment, it is recommended to use [[#Upgrade to edge\|edge]] version.}}		{{Note\|For a build environment, it is recommended to use [[#Upgrade to edge\|edge]] version.}}

	== Upgrade to edge ==		== Upgrade to edge ==

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2025-06-16T09:26:42Z

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	~~Install~~ Alpine Linux in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation ~~to use as build environment. [[Tutorials_and_Howtos#Desktop\|Configure the desktop]] so that the development system~~ can ~~also~~ be used ~~to daily drive, if required.~~		An existing Alpine Linux installation running in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation can be used as build environment. Alternates are to setup a clean Alpine Linux build environment inside another system, using a [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|chroot]] or some form of [[:Category:Virtualization\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.

	~~If the existing Alpine Linux installation is on a stable version, [[#Upgrade to edge\|upgrade to edge]] to use~~ as build environment.

	Alternates are to setup a clean Alpine Linux build environment inside another system, using a [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|chroot]] or some form of [[:Category:Virtualization\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.

			{{Note\|For use as a build environment, it is recommended to use [[#Upgrade to edge\|edge]] version.}}

	== Upgrade to edge ==		== Upgrade to edge ==

	{{:Include:Upgrading to Edge}}		{{:Include:Upgrading to Edge}}

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2025-02-18T04:15:32Z

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	~~In earlier days, Alpine Linux used a separate Gentoo build environment. Nowadays we build in Alpine Linux itself, and things are much simpler.~~ Install Alpine Linux in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation. [[Tutorials_and_Howtos#Desktop\|Configure the ~~system~~]] ~~as a~~ development ~~desktop~~.		Install Alpine Linux in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation to use as build environment. [[Tutorials_and_Howtos#Desktop\|Configure the desktop]] so that the development system can also be used to daily drive, if required.

	Alternates ~~methods~~ are to setup a clean Alpine Linux build environment inside another system, using a [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|chroot]] or some form of [[:Category:Virtualization\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.		If the existing Alpine Linux installation is on a stable version, [[#Upgrade to edge\|upgrade to edge]] to use as build environment.

			Alternates are to setup a clean Alpine Linux build environment inside another system, using a [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|chroot]] or some form of [[:Category:Virtualization\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.

	== Upgrade to edge ==		== Upgrade to edge ==

	{{:Include:Upgrading to Edge}}		{{:Include:Upgrading to Edge}}

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2025-02-17T15:46:58Z

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	In earlier days, Alpine Linux used a separate Gentoo build environment. Install Alpine Linux in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation.		In earlier days, Alpine Linux used a separate Gentoo build environment. Nowadays we build in Alpine Linux itself, and things are much simpler. Install Alpine Linux in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation. [[Tutorials_and_Howtos#Desktop\|Configure the system]] as a development desktop.

	Alternates methods are to setup a clean Alpine Linux build environment inside another system, using a [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|chroot]] or some form of [[:Category:Virtualization\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.		Alternates methods are to setup a clean Alpine Linux build environment inside another system, using a [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|chroot]] or some form of [[:Category:Virtualization\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.

	~~{{Tip\| Alpine Linux can be [[Tutorials_and_Howtos#Desktop\|configured to daily drive ]] as a development desktop system.}}~~

	== Upgrade to edge ==		== Upgrade to edge ==
			{{:Include:Upgrading to Edge}}

	{{:~~Include:Upgrading to Edge~~}}		== Setup your system and account ==
			{{:Setup your system and account for building packages}}

	== Contribute ==		== Contribute ==

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2025-02-17T14:14:34Z

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	~~== Introduction ==~~		In earlier days, Alpine Linux used a separate Gentoo build environment. Install Alpine Linux in [[Setting up disks manually\|System Disk]] mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation.
	In earlier days, Alpine used a separate Gentoo build environment. ~~Nowadays we build~~ in ~~Alpine itself, and things are much simpler~~.

	~~We will host this~~ build environment on a ~~HDD installed~~ Alpine, ~~using the "edge" repository~~.		Alternates methods are to setup a clean Alpine Linux build environment inside another system, using a [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot\|chroot]] or some form of [[:Category:Virtualization\|virtualization]]. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.

	~~Another method is to setup a clean Alpine build environment inside another system, using a [[Installing~~ Alpine Linux ~~in a chroot\|chroot]] or some form of~~ [[~~:Category:Virtualization~~\|~~virtualization~~]]~~. The host~~ system ~~may also be Alpine, or may be something else~~.		{{Tip\| Alpine Linux can be [[Tutorials_and_Howtos#Desktop\|configured to daily drive ]] as a development desktop system.}}

	== ~~Boot your build environment~~ ==		== Upgrade to edge ==
	~~Boot the latest [https://alpinelinux.org/downloads Alpine Linux image] on a box with a HDD.~~

	~~== Basic setup ==~~		{{:Include:Upgrading to Edge}}
	Set basic environment settings (when prompted for disk, select the disk(s) that you wish to use, and use them in sys mode. Note that if you specify two disks, soft raid will be setup on them automatically).
	{{~~Cmd\|setup-alpine~~}}

	~~For more details, see [[Installation]] or [[setup-alpine]].~~		== Contribute ==

	~~== Change your repository~~ to ~~use "edge" ==~~		Proceed to [[Creating_an_Alpine_package\|create new package]] or [[Development using git:Creating patches\|create and submit patches]] for Alpine Linux.

	~~{{Cat~~\|~~/etc/apk/repositories\|https://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/~~
	~~https://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/~~
	}}

	~~{{Note\|You can replace 'dl-4' with some other available~~ [~~https~~:~~//mirrors.alpinelinux.org/ mirror].}}~~

	~~== Update/upgrade your system ==~~
	~~{{Cmd~~\|~~apk update~~
	~~apk upgrade}}~~

	~~Next, [[setup your system~~ and ~~account for building packages~~]].

	~~Then reboot your system.~~

	~~== Start building packages ==~~
	~~Now you can move on to [[Creating_an_Alpine_package\|creating packages~~ for Alpine.]]

	[[Category:Development]]		[[Category:Development]]
	~~[[Category:Installation]]~~

Sertonix: use https links

2023-08-07T11:33:39Z

use https links

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	== Boot your build environment ==		== Boot your build environment ==
	Boot the latest [~~http~~://alpinelinux.org/downloads Alpine Linux image] on a box with a HDD.		Boot the latest [https://alpinelinux.org/downloads Alpine Linux image] on a box with a HDD.

	== Basic setup ==		== Basic setup ==
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	== Change your repository to use "edge" ==		== Change your repository to use "edge" ==

	{{Cat\|/etc/apk/repositories\|~~http~~://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/		{{Cat\|/etc/apk/repositories\|https://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/
	~~http~~://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/		https://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/
	}}		}}

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2023-07-02T21:22:12Z

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	== Change your repository to use "edge" ==		== Change your repository to use "edge" ==

	{{Cat\|/etc/apk/repositories\|		{{Cat\|/etc/apk/repositories\|http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/
	http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/
	http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/		http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/
	}}		}}