How to update all packages in alpine linux?

Hello everyone.

In this tutorial, I am going to explain how you can update/upgrade all packages in Alpine Linux. This is very easy to do and only takes a few seconds.

Commands

Below are the commands:

apk update && apk upgrade

The first command (apk update) will update the package index. The second command will actually upgrade the packages.

Demo

Below is a demo on a real system:

Conclusion

So now you know how to update alpine packages.