Comparison
Comparison with other distros
This page shows how some standard things are done in Alpine compared to other distributions.
Action | Alpine 1.9 | Alpine 1.8 | Arch Linux | Gentoo | Debian/Ubuntu |
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Update package database | apk update | apk_fetch -u | pacman -Sy | emerge --sync | aptitude update |
Showing available updates | |||||
Update a particular package | |||||
Installing packages | |||||
Reinstall a particular package | |||||
Searching package database | |||||
Removing packages | |||||
Only downloading packages | |||||
Cleaning up downloaded packages | |||||
Reverse dependencies |