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

Revision as of 12:59, 13 November 2013

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 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:

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

/media/cdrom/apks
http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.6/main

Only one repository is shown above; however, you may also replace http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/ with any of the mirrors below (if you wish to use another version, also replace v2.6 with the desired version); for example, if upgrading from version 2.6 to 2.7 simply change http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.6/main to http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.7/main:

After updating the repositories file, obtain the latest index of available packages:

apk update

Tip: Adding the -U/--update-cache to another apk command, as in apk add -U ... or apk upgrade -U, has the same effect as running apk update before the other apk command.

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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 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:
 {{Cat|/etc/apk/repositories|/media/cdrom/apks
 http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v2.6/main}}
-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>v2.6</code> with the desired version):
+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>:
 {{Mirrors}}