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<li>Download apk-tools-static for your architecture.</li>
<li>Download apk-tools-static for your architecture.</li>
<pre>wget http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.12/main/$(arch)/apk-tools-static-2.10.5-r1.apk</pre>
<pre>wget https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.18/main/x86_64/apk-tools-static-2.14.0-r2.apk</pre>


<li>Unpack .apk</li>
<li>Unpack .apk</li>

Revision as of 12:57, 4 June 2023


VPS

This section is to provide a means to bootstrap Alpine Linux on any VPS.

Process

Prepare

  1. Download apk-tools-static for your architecture.
    2. wget https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.18/main/x86_64/apk-tools-static-2.14.0-r2.apk
  2. Unpack .apk
    3. tar zxf apk-tools-static-*.apk

Install

sudo ./sbin/apk.static --arch $(arch) -X http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/main/ -U --allow-untrusted --root /tmp/target --initdb add alpine-base

Bootloader

References

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