Setup network required for package installation
Use Alpine Linux setup sub-scripts for network/DNS
- Execute
setup-keymap
# To make sure you can successfully do keyboard input - Execute
setup-hostname
. - Execute
setup-interfaces
. - Execute
ifup eth0
# Or the appropriate interface for your system. - Execute
setup-dns
(if not using DHCP).
Use Alpine Linux setup sub-script get setup network time
- Execute
setup-ntp
# If you don’t setup NTP the time may be differ too much from internet hosts, resulting in failure attempting to use HTTPS, below.
Use Alpine Linux setup sub-script to enable package repos
Execute
setup-apkrepos
.You can use this as many times as you wish. Each time will append the repository you select in
/etc/apk/respositories
. This allows you to have multiple mirrors in your configuration, in case the default one is giving you trouble.Execute
apk update
.You are now ready to install the needed packages.