apk - Man Page
Alpine Package Keeper
Examples (TL;DR)
- Update repository indexes and upgrade all packages:
apk upgrade [-U|--update-cache] - Only update repository indexes:
apk update - Install a new package:
apk add package - Remove a package:
apk del package - Repair/Reinstall a package without modifying main dependencies:
apk fix package - Search for packages with a keyword in their name and list results with descriptions:
apk search [-v|--verbose] keyword - Search for packages with a keyword in their description:
apk search [-d|--description] keyword - Display information about a specific package:
apk info package
Synopsis
apk [<options>...] command [<arguments>...]
Description
apk manages packages installed on the system. The set of top level packages to install is called the world (see apk-world(5)). apk supports various sub-commands to query and manipulate world and local & remote package repositories.
Commands
Each command is documented in detail on its manual page.
Package Installation and Removal
| apk-add(8) | Add packages to world and commit changes |
| apk-del(8) | Remove packages from world and commit changes |
System Maintenance
| apk-fix(8) | Fix, reinstall or upgrade packages without modifying world |
| apk-update(8) | Update repository indexes |
| apk-upgrade(8) | Install upgrades available from repositories |
| apk-cache(8) | Manage the local package cache |
Querying Package Information
| apk-info(8) | Give detailed information about packages or repositories |
| apk-list(8) | List packages matching a pattern or other criteria |
| apk-dot(8) | Render dependencies as graphviz graphs |
| apk-policy(8) | Show repository policy for packages |
| apk-search(8) | Search for packages by name or description |
Repository Maintenance
| apk-index(8) | Create repository index file from packages |
| apk-fetch(8) | Download packages from global repositories to a local directory |
| apk-manifest(8) | Show checksums of package contents |
| apk-verify(8) | Verify package integrity and signature |
Miscellaneous
| apk-audit(8) | Audit system for changes |
| apk-stats(8) | Show statistics about repositories and installations |
| apk-version(8) | Compare package versions or perform tests on version strings |
Global Options
The following options are available for all commands.
- -f, --force
Enable selected --force-* options (deprecated).
- -i, --interactive
Ask confirmation before performing certain operations.
- -p, --root <ROOT>
Manage file system at ROOT.
- -q, --quiet
Print less information.
- -U, --update-cache
Alias for '--cache-max-age 1'.
- -v, --verbose
Print more information (can be specified twice).
- -V, --version
Print program version and exit.
- -X, --repository <REPO>
Specify additional package repository. This option can be specified multiple times.
- --allow-untrusted
Install packages with untrusted signature or no signature.
- --arch ARCH
Temporarily override architecture, to be combined with --root.
- --cache-dir CACHEDIR
Temporarily override the cache directory. CACHEDIR is treated relative to the ROOT.
- --cache-max-age AGE
Maximum AGE (in minutes) for index in cache before it's refreshed.
- --force-binary-stdout
Continue even if binary data will be printed to the terminal.
- --force-broken-world
Continue even if world cannot be satisfied.
- --force-non-repository
Continue even if packages may be lost on reboot. This can happen when running in run-from-tmpfs mode, and installing non-repository package.
- --force-old-apk
Continue even if packages use unsupported features.
- --force-overwrite
Overwrite files in other packages.
- --force-refresh
Do not use cached files (local or from proxy).
- --keys-dir KEYSDIR
Override directory of trusted keys. This is treated relative to ROOT.
- --no-cache
Do not use any local cache path.
- --no-network
Do not use the network. The cache is still used when possible.
- --no-progress
Disable progress bar even for TTYs.
- --print-arch
Print default arch and exit.
- --progress
Show progress.
- --progress-fd FD
Write progress to the specified file descriptor.
- --purge
Delete modified configuration files on package removal and uninstalled packages from cache on cache clean.
- --repositories-file REPOFILE
Override system repositories, see apk-repositories(8). Specifying this option overrides the normal repositories file and repositories.d directory processing. The given REPOFILE is relative to the startup directory since apk 2.12.0_rc2.
- --wait TIME
Wait for TIME seconds to get an exclusive repository lock before failing.
Commit Options
The following options are available for all commands which commit the database.
- -s, --simulate
Simulate the requested operation without making any changes.
- --clean-protected
Do not create .apk-new files in configuration directories.
- --overlay-from-stdin
Read list of overlay files from stdin. Normally this is used only during initramfs when booting run-from-tmpfs installation.
- --no-scripts
Do not execute any scripts. Useful for extracting a system image for different architecture on alternative ROOT.
- --no-commit-hooks
Skip pre/post hook scripts (but not other scripts).
- --initramfs-diskless-boot
Used by initramfs when it's recreating root tmpfs. This enables selected force options to minimize failure, and disables commit hooks, among other features.
Notes
This apk has coffee making abilities.