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Edit the '''/etc/apk/repositories''' file and if necessary, add references to the Alpine package repositories. In the example below, the reference to the Alpine CD is maintained, so that if the requested package is available on the local media, it will be obtained from there instead of being downloaded from the remote repository:
Edit the {{Path|/etc/apk/repositories}} file using any editor of your choice ({{Pkg|nano}} for instance) to edit the Alpine Linux package [[repositories]].
{{Cat|/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:
{{Cat|/etc/apk/repositories|http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/main
http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/community}}


/media/cdrom/apks
[[category:Package Manager]]
http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.4/main
 
Only one repository is shown above, however, you may also use these (if you wish to use another version, replace v2.4 with the desired version (i.e: v2.1, v2.2, v2.3)):
http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.4/main
http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/alpine/alpine/v2.4/main
http://dl-2.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.4/main
http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.4/main
 
After updating the repositories file, obtain the latest index of available packages:
{{Cmd|apk update}}

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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