Help:Reading

Users of Alpine Linux wiki must understand the following conventions when reading the wiki pages.

Root and normal user

The numeral or hash sign (#) indicates that the command needs to be run as root:

# apk add mandoc

The dollar sign ($) shows that the command can be run as a regular user.

$ apk info mandoc

Refer User Accounts for more information on root and regular user.

Packages and their Installation

Packages in the Alpine Linux Repositories are indicated as follows less which links to package database. If you find an instruction to install the package less, then the following apk command must be issued:

# apk add less

Alpine Linux packages stay close to the upstream design and are thinned out and split into subpackages. So check and install necessary subpackages.