Include:Upgrading to Edge: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:07, 28 November 2025

An upgrade of Alpine Linux from a stable version to the rolling development version edge basically requires the same steps as Upgrading to latest release.

When editing the /etc/apk/repositories file, all referenced repository versions (such as v3.23 or latest-stable) therein need to be pointing to edge as follows.

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

#/media/cdrom/apks
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community
@testing http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing

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 An upgrade of Alpine Linux from a stable version to the rolling development version ''edge'' basically requires the same steps as [[Upgrading_Alpine#Upgrading_to_latest_release|Upgrading to latest release]].
-The crucial difference is, that when editing the {{Path|/etc/apk/repositories}} file, all referenced repository versions (such as {{ic|v{{#expr:{{AlpineLatest}}}}}} or {{ic|latest-stable}}) therein need to be pointing to <code>'''edge'''</code> as follows. {{cat|/etc/apk/repositories|#/media/cdrom/apks
+When editing the {{Path|/etc/apk/repositories}} file, all referenced repository versions (such as {{ic|v{{#expr:{{AlpineLatest}}}}}} or {{ic|latest-stable}}) therein need to be pointing to <code>'''edge'''</code> as follows. {{cat|/etc/apk/repositories|#/media/cdrom/apks
 http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main
 http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community
 @testing http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing}}
-When using edge branch, [[Repositories#Testing|testing]] repository can be added as shown above. Installing packages from [[Repositories#Testing|testing]] repository with [[Repositories#Edge|Edge]] branch and submitting '''[https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/issues bug reports]''' is one of the best ways to [[Contribute|contribute]] to Alpine Linux. Remember that, packages in [[Repositories#Testing|testing]] repository have no support.
-{{Warning|Do not enable [[Repositories#Release Branches|'''stable''']] release branch and [[Repositories#Edge|'''edge''']] repos at the same time. This can break your system. Either use edge '''or''' stable. If you mix stable and edge repositories, you're on your own.}}
-After upgrading to edge, the currently installed edge version i.e the build date that is attached to the '''edge''' release may be checked with command:{{Cmd|$ cat /etc/alpine-release}}