Setting up the build environment on HDD

In earlier days, Alpine Linux used a separate Gentoo build environment. Install Alpine Linux in System Disk mode i.e traditional or classic harddisk installation.

Alternates methods are to setup a clean Alpine Linux build environment inside another system, using a chroot or some form of virtualization. The host system may also be Alpine Linux, or may be something else.

Tip: Alpine Linux can be configured to daily drive as a development desktop system.

Upgrade to edge

An upgrade of Alpine Linux from a stable version to the rolling development version edge basically requires the same steps as Upgrading to latest release.

When editing the /etc/apk/repositories file, all referenced repository versions (such as v3.23 or latest-stable) therein need to be pointing to edge as follows.

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

#/media/cdrom/apks http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community @testing http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing

Contribute

Proceed to create new package or create and submit patches for Alpine Linux.