How to Add Community Repo in Alpine Linux – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux Alpine Enabling Community Repo Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Enable/Add the Community Repository on Alpine GNU/Linux.

And the Community Repo for Alpine is including Packages made by Users in Team with the Official Developers and well near integrated to the Alpine Packages.

Those have supported by those user contributions and could end if the user also ends respect with Alpine work, but may be removed in a Future Releases due lack of support by upstream Author.

Packages from Testing that are accept goes to Community Branch.

1. 1. Terminal Getting-Started Guide

   How to Quick-Start with Command Line on Alpine GNU/Linux:

   Console Alpine Linux QuickStart Guide

   Getting-Started with Command Line on Alpine Linux.

   First Update the Apk Repo Sources with:

   apk update

2. 2. Installing CLI Editor

   Then to Install Command Line Editor for Alpine GNU/Linux
   (Here for simplicity I make use of the nano Editor, but you can just use Anyone.)
   So simply run:

   sudo apk add nano

3. 3. Enabling Community Repository

   Then to Install Community Repository in Alpine GNU/Linux
   Simply run:

   nano /etc/apk/repository

   Remove the “#” in Front to the definition Line.
   Finally, Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor.
   Last, Update the Sources again:

   apt update