How to update all packages in alpine linux?

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Difficulty	Easy
OS	Alpine Linux
Duration	~1 minute(s)

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.

Posted

February 26, 2025

Alpine

BasToTheMax

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3 responses to “How to update all packages in alpine linux?”

fray

February 26, 2025

Nice tutorial

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1. BasToTheMax
  
  February 26, 2025
  
  Thanks! Anything I need to improve?
  
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  1. fray
    
    February 26, 2025
    
    Uh not really, its good for beginners.
    
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