apk

The Alphine Linux package manager.

See tutorial.

Install

$ apk update

$ apk add sqlite3
$ apk add sqlite3 apache2

Upgrade

$ apk upgrade

Lock version

$ apk add bash=5.0.0-r0
$ # Or
$ apk add bash=~5.0

Remove lock.

$ apk add bash>5.0.0-r0

Search

$ apk search PACKAGE_NAME

e.g.

$ apk search htop

htop-doc-2.0.2-r0
htop-2.0.2-r0

To search and display description:

$ apk search -v -d 'htop'

htop-doc-2.0.2-r0 - An interactive process viewer (documentation) htop-2.0.2-r0 - An interactive process viewer ```