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 <code><nowiki>v3.2</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>latest-stable</nowiki></code>) therein need to be pointing to <code>'''edge'''</code> as in:
+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
-<code><nowiki>https://<mirror-server>/alpine/edge/main</nowiki></code>
+http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community
+@testing http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing}}
-{{Warning|Do not enable stable and edge repos at the same time. This can break your system. Either use edge '''or''' stable.}}
-After upgrading to edge, the currently installed edge version may be checked with {{Cmd|$ cat /etc/alpine-release}} and referring to the build date that is attached to the release.
-[[Category:Package Manager]]
-[[Category:Installation]]
-[[Category:Development]]