apk - Alpine Package Keeper
apk [<options>...] command
[<arguments>...]
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.
Each command is documented in detail on its manual page.
| apk-add(8) |
Add packages to world and commit changes |
| apk-del(8) |
Remove packages from world and commit changes |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| apk-index(8) |
Create repository index file from packages |
| apk-fetch(8) |
Download packages from repositories to a local directory |
| apk-manifest(8) |
Show checksums of package contents |
| apk-verify(8) |
Verify package integrity and signature |
| 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 |
The following options are available for all commands.
-f, --force
Enable selected --force-* options (deprecated).
-i, --interactive
Ask confirmation before performing certain operations.
Interactive mode can be made the default when running on a tty, by creating
/etc/apk/interactive as an empty file.
-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-missing-repositories
Continue even if some of the repository indexes are not
available.
--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-check-certificate
Do not validate the HTTPS server certificates.
--no-interactive
Disable interactive mode.
--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
Purge modified configuration and cached packages. Enables
deletion of modified configuration files on package removal. On cache clean
action this enables deletion of unneeded cached packages (uninstalled packages
on tmpfs installations or all packages on disk installations).
--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.
--timeout TIME
Timeout network connections if no progress is made in
TIME seconds. The default is 60 seconds.
--wait TIME
Wait for TIME seconds to get an exclusive repository lock
before failing.
The following options are available for all commands which commit
the database.
-s, --simulate
Simulate the requested operation without making any
changes. The database is opened in read only mode, and auto-updating of
indexes is disabled. You may want to run "apk update" before running
a simulation to make sure it is done with up-to-date repository indexes.
--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.
The following options are available for all commands which operate
on the package indexes only.
--from FROMSPEC
Search packages from: system (all system sources),
repositories (exclude installed database), installed (exclude
normal repositories) or none (commandline repositories only).
This apk has coffee making abilities.