Installing Alpine Linux on OrangePi RV2

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Warning: The contributors to the Alpine Linux project are not responsible for any damage/loss experienced by using the following guide. This article is provided as a general reference to be adapted to your specific setup. It is assumed that the implementer will have the knowledge and ability to close the gap between what is described here and their specific setup.


Known issues


Warning: The following are the issues that are known to exist between the result of this guide and the manufacturer provided image


  • WiFi is not functional
  • Manufacturer tools are not included
  • Custom kernel build required

Setting up a workspace

Begin by setting up a RISC-V workspace by following Running Alpine riscv64 in QEMU. You'll need to establish a build environment in this QEMU guest.

doas apk add alpine-sdk bison flex openssl-dev ncurses ncurses-dev

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