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	apk version -l '<'	apk_version -v -l '<'		emerge --deep --update --pretend @world	aptitude upgrade --simulate
Update a particular package
Installing packages
Reinstall a particular package
Searching package database
Removing packages
Only downloading packages
Cleaning up downloaded packages
Reverse dependencies