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Table of Contents

1 About Alpine Linux

1.1 Why Should I Try It?
1.2 What's It Like?
1.3 What Should I Know?
1.4 How did Alpine Linux Begin?
1.5 Why the Name Alpine?

2 Obtaining Alpine Linux

2.1 Alpine Linux Flavors
2.2 Download Alpine Linux
2.3 Older Releases

3 Installing and Upgrading Alpine Linux

3.1 Installing Alpine on CD
3.2 Installing Alpine on USB
3.3 Installing Alpine on Compact Flash
3.4 Installing Alpine on HDD (Overwriting Everything)
3.5 Installing Alpine on HDD (Dual-Booting)
3.6 Upgrading Alpine

4 Networking

4.1 Setting System Hostname
4.2 Configuring DNS Resolution
4.2 IPv4 Configuration
4.3 IPv6 Configuration

5 Package Management

5.1 Quickstart Guide
5.2 Additional apk Commands
5.3 Local Cache
5.4 Advanced APK Usage

6 Init System

6.1 Adding a Service to Start at Next Boot
6.2 Removing a Service from Starting at Next Boot
6.3 Show Status on What Services Will Start at Next Boot

7 Local Backup (lbu)

7.1 Saving Your Changes
7.2 Include Special Files/Folders to the apkovl
7.3 Exclude Specific Files/Folders from the apkovl
7.4 Check What Will Be Added to Your apkovl
7.5 Create an apkovl Elsewhere Than on Some Specific Media
7.6 Check What Files Have Been Changed Since Last Commit
7.7 Multiple Backups

8 Further Help and Information

8.1 Tutorials and Howtos
8.2 FAQs
8.3 Support
8.4 How to Contribute
8.5 Developer Documentation
8.6 Miscellaneous