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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |