This page explains how to set up an Alpine Linux chroot environment under a host Linux distro. Inside the chroot environment, you can build, debug, and run Alpine packages or develop things. It's the most known way to do so without replacing your system or using a Virtual Machine. This chroot can also be used to install Alpine Linux from a non-Alpine Linux system or live environment.| wiki.alpinelinux.org
Feature descriptions for available Alpine Linux setup scripts (/usr/sbin/setup-*).| wiki.alpinelinux.org
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Alpine Linux uses openrc for its init system. This page lists various commands related to OpenRC. Refer to the excellent guide working with OpenRC from Alpine Linux documentation project to learn the basics quickly. | wiki.alpinelinux.org
If you want to run glibc programs in Alpine Linux, there are a few ways of doing so. You can install the gcompat compatibility layer, you can install glibc alongside musl (manually, as it isn't packaged), or you could do it the easy way and use either Flatpak (the easiest), containers or a chroot.| wiki.alpinelinux.org
This page documents the Alpine Package Keeper(APK), the package manager in Alpine Linux. Refer to the excellent guide Working with APK from Alpine Linux documentation project to learn the basics quickly. Package management in Diskless mode requires additional steps involving Alpine Local Backup Utility (lbu) .| wiki.alpinelinux.org
Local backup utility(lbu) is the Alpine Linux tool to manage Diskless Mode installations. For these installations, lbu tool must be used whenever Alpine Package Keeper is used.| wiki.alpinelinux.org