Include:Using Internet Repositories for apk-tools: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:57, 22 November 2024

Edit the /etc/apk/repositories file using any editor of your choice (nano for instance) and if necessary, add references to the Alpine Linux package repositories. In the example below, the file references the Alpine Linux 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:

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

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

In this example, To upgrade Alpine Linux from version 3.19 to 3.20, simply replace the version number 3.19 by 3.20 in all the places, so that the file will look like this:

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

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

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-Edit the {{Path|/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) and if necessary, add references to the Alpine Linux package [[repositories]]. In the example below, the file references the Alpine Linux 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|/media/cdrom/apks
-http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.5/main}}
+http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.19/main
+http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.19/community}}
-Only one repository is shown above; however, you may also replace <code><nowiki>http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/</nowiki></code> with any of these (if you wish to use another version, also replace <code>v2.5</code> with the desired version):
+In this example, To upgrade Alpine Linux from version 3.19 to 3.20, simply replace the version number 3.19 by 3.20 in all the places, so that the file will look like this:
-{{Mirrors}}
+<!-- {{ic|<nowiki>http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.19/main</nowiki>}}
+to
-After updating the repositories file, obtain the latest index of available packages:
+ {{ic|http&colon;//dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/main}}-->
-{{Cmd|apk update}}
+<!--"&colon; intentionally breaks mediawiki turning this into a hyperlink, can't use nowiki because of {{#expr:}} etc-->
+{{Cat|/etc/apk/repositories|/media/cdrom/apks
+http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/main
+http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.20/community}}
+<!--
+{{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: {{ic|http&colon;//dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v{{#expr:{{AlpineLatest}}}}/community}}}}
+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>
+-->
-{{Tip|Adding the <code>-U</code>/<code>--update-cache</code> to another apk command, as in <code>apk add -U ...</code> or <code>apk upgrade -U</code>, has the same effect as running <code>apk update</code> before the other apk command.}}
+[[category:Package Manager]]