Maintenance operations for locally cached package repositoryĬompare version differences between installed and available packagesĬreate a repository index from a list of packages Search for packages or descriptions with wildcard patterns Prints information about installed or available packages The apk tool supports the following operations:Īdd new packages or upgrade packages to the running systemĪttempt to repair or upgrade an installed package This page documents the apk tool - See the Alpine Local Backup page for the lbu tool. Lbu is the tool used to capture the data necessary to restore a system to a previously configured state. (RAM-Based Installs Only)Īpk is the tool used to install, upgrade, or delete software on a running system. after reboot), including all previously installed packages and locally modified configuration files. Restoring a system to a previously configured state (e.g.Installing / Upgrading / Deleting packages on a running system.Because Alpine Linux is designed to run from RAM, package management involves two phases:

Yum installed packages