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

Latest revision as of 07:14, 12 January 2024

Edit the /etc/apk/repositories file using an editor (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:

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

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

To upgrade, in this example, from version 3.3 to 3.2, simply change:

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

to

http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.2/main

So that the file will look like this:

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

/media/cdrom/apks
http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.2/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: http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.2/community

Above, only one possible repository is shown, however, http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/ may also be replaced with any geographically close mirror from: http://rsync.alpinelinux.org/alpine/MIRRORS.txt

Updating package lists

With the correct repositories file in place, the latest index list of available packages can be obtained with:

apk update

Tip: Adding the --update-cache or -U to another apk command, as in apk add -U ... or apk upgrade -U, has the same effect as always running apk update immediately before the other apk command. Instead of auto-update it only if the index has not been updated recently.

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-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 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 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|/media/cdrom/apks
+http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/main}}
+To upgrade, in this example, from version 3.3 to {{#expr:{{AlpineLatest}}}}, simply change:
+ {{ic|<nowiki>http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/main</nowiki>}}
+to
+ {{ic|http&colon;//dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v{{#expr:{{AlpineLatest}}}}/main}}<!--"&colon; intentionally breaks mediawiki turning this into a hyperlink, can't use nowiki because of {{#expr:}} etc-->
+So that the file will look like this:
 {{Cat|/etc/apk/repositories|/media/cdrom/apks
-http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.6/main}}
+http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v{{#expr:{{AlpineLatest}}}}/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: {{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>
-Only one repository is shown above; however, you may also replace <code><nowiki>http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/</nowiki></code> with any of the mirrors below (if you wish to use another version, also replace <code>v2.6</code> with the desired version); for example, if upgrading from version 2.6 to 2.7 simply change <code><nowiki>http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.6/main</nowiki></code> to <code><nowiki> http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.7/main</nowiki></code>:
+==== Updating package lists ====
-{{Mirrors}}
-After updating the repositories file, obtain the latest index of available packages:
+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>-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.}}
+{{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]]