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Edit the {{Path|/etc/apk/repositories}} file using any editor of your choice ({{Pkg|nano}} for instance) to edit the Alpine Linux package [[repositories]].  
Edit the {{Path|/etc/apk/repositories}} file using an editor ({{Pkg|nano}} for instance) and if necessary, add references to the Alpine package repositories. In the example below, the file references the Alpine CD, so that if a requested package is available on the local media, it will be obtained from there instead of being downloaded from the remote repository:
{{Cat|/etc/apk/repositories|http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.19/main
 
http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.19/community}}
{{Cat|/etc/apk/repositories|/media/cdrom/apks
In the above file, to upgrade Alpine Linux from version 3.19 to 3.20, simply replace the number 3.19 by 3.20 in all the places, so that the updated repositories file looks like below:
http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/main}}
{{Cat|/etc/apk/repositories|http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/main
 
http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/community}}
To upgrade, in this example, from version 3.3 to 3.4, simply change:
<code><nowiki>http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/main</nowiki></code>
to
<code><nowiki>http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main</nowiki></code>
 
So that the file will look like this:
{{Cat|/etc/apk/repositories|/media/cdrom/apks
http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main}}
 
{{Note|Starting with version 3.3, there is a new repository called '''community'''. Many packages have been moved from the main repository to the community repository to indicate that they are not guaranteed to be supported beyond six months. If you are using any of these packages, be sure to add the community repository. For example: <code><nowiki>http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/community</nowiki></code>}}
 
Above, only one possible repository is shown, however, <code><nowiki>http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/</nowiki></code> may also be replaced with any geographically close mirror from:
<code><nowiki>http://rsync.alpinelinux.org/alpine/MIRRORS.txt</nowiki></code>
 
==== Updating package lists ====
 
With the correct repositories file in place, the latest index list of available packages can be obtained with:
{{Cmd|apk update}}
 
{{Tip|Adding the <code>--update-cache</code> or <code>-U</code> to another apk command, as in <code>apk add -U ...</code> or <code>apk upgrade -U</code>, has the same effect as always running <code>apk update</code> immediately before the other apk command. Instead of auto-update it only if the index has not been updated recently.}}
 


[[category:Package Manager]]
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Latest revision as of 19:01, 22 November 2024

Edit the /etc/apk/repositories file using any editor of your choice (nano for instance) to edit the Alpine Linux package repositories.

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.19/main http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.19/community

In the above file, to upgrade Alpine Linux from version 3.19 to 3.20, simply replace the number 3.19 by 3.20 in all the places, so that the updated repositories file looks like below:

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/main http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/community
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