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Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.

Alpine Linux is an independent, non-commercial, general purpose Linux distribution designed for power users who appreciate security, simplicity and resource efficiency.

https://alpinelinux.org/

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Installing Alpine Linux fails to scan the mirror list with "403 Forbidden"

I'm trying to install Alpine Linux running on QEMU and I've got the following errors (I marked the error messages with <===): localhost:~# setup-alpine Available keyboard layouts: ... Which timezone are you in? ('?' for list) [UTC] * Starting…
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How to install specific version of libxml2 on Alpine linux without downgrade of whole alpine to v3.1?

Latest available version of libxml2 is 2.9.4-r2 (alpine linux v3.5). But due to regression bug I need to install 2.9.3 or earlier. How can I do this without downgrade of whole alpine to v3.1? I'm trying to use apk add command like in this question,…
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Getting the version of an installed package sometime return no result on alpine

In Linux Alpine I use apk version package to retrieve the installed version of a package. For some reason, some packages simply does not return any result. Is there another way to do that or am I missing something? docker run -it --rm…
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How to configure Terminal Emulator on Alpine Linux?

I am using XFCE and when I clicked on Terminal Emulator its ask you to put what program to execute. I wrote "terminal" and now it shows this message: "Failed to execute child process "terminal" (no such file or directory). I know that I…
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Installl a specific package version of Apache in Alpine 3.4

I would like to install Apache 2.4.23-r1 for my development. However, in Alpine Linux the package has been upgraded to 2.4.25-r1. Package Repository to see the history of the package. / # apk add apache2=="2.4.23-r1" ERROR: unsatisfiable…
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APK is corrupted after upgraded to v3.16, `ERROR: ca-certificates-bundle-20211220-r0: package mentioned in index not found (try 'apk update')`

I got a docker image with an older version of apk and its repository. So I run the following command to upgrade it. It was working few days ago. but today, it stop working. docker run -it openjdk:alpine sh #### In the container shell # cat >…
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How to install screenfetch on Alpine linux?

I'd like to install screenfetch on Alpine Linux. How ever all I can find is a dead link on Google: https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/edge/testing/x86_64/screenfetch-doc
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How do I run pstree on alpine linux?

Can I see the process list as a tree on alpine linux? I tried using apk add but it gave an error about unsatisfiable constraints. The error isn't very helpful :-( / # apk search pstools WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.84815163.tar.gz: No such file or…
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/proc/version(Alpine Linux Distribution)

I just had an interview where i was required to do some system admin tasks on an Alpine Distribution System. I was given 20 mins and internet to solv the tasks.What i found was that for Alpine,"apk" is the package management command(from google),but…
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