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This is a guide to migrate Debian's apt package management commands to Alpine's apk commands.
Software packages for Alpine Linux are digitally signed tar.gz archives that can contain binaries, configuration files and dependency metadata. Packages, sometimes called "a-packs" use the extension .apk.
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Because this guide focuses on Dockerfiles, this guide it only covers a selected subset of all apk commands. Readers interested in learning more about apk should read Alpine's package management guide.
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