Alpine Linux is a tiny linux distribution based on busybox.
System details are
/ # cat /etc/*release 3.5.2 NAME="Alpine Linux" ID=alpine VERSION_ID=3.5.2 PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux v3.5" HOME_URL="http://alpinelinux.org" BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.alpinelinux.org" / # uname -r 4.9.0-2-amd64 / #
Total size of file system is 4.3 MB.
After running apk update, file system usage is 5.2 MB.
~ # du -h -d 1 / 0 /dev 8.0K /root 4.0K /mnt 4.0K /home 216.0K /sbin 0 /proc 4.0K /run 2.6M /lib 296.0K /etc 212.0K /usr 16.0K /media 1.1M /var 4.0K /tmp 808.0K /bin 4.0K /srv 0 /sys 5.2M / ~ #
Installing Software
First you need to update software repository used by apk.
apk update
Example
~ # apk update fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz v3.5.2-18-g781d2272fd [http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/main] v3.5.2-14-gd7ba0e189f [http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/community] OK: 7959 distinct packages available ~ #
To install a package, run
apk add PKG-NAME
Example
~ # apk add nginx (1/2) Installing pcre (8.39-r0) (2/2) Installing nginx (1.10.3-r0) Executing nginx-1.10.3-r0.pre-install Executing busybox-1.25.1-r0.trigger OK: 5 MiB in 13 packages ~ #
There is /etc/init.d/nginx, but i can’t run it for some reason.
~ # /etc/init.d/nginx start /bin/sh: /etc/init.d/nginx: not found ~ # ls -l /etc/init.d/nginx -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1364 Mar 2 19:29 /etc/init.d/nginx ~ #
Here is what i done to get nginx runnin
~ # nginx ~ # nginx: [emerg] open() "/run/nginx/nginx.pid" failed (2: No such file or directory) ~ # mkdir /run/nginx ~ # nginx ~ # curl localhost <html> <head><title>404 Not Found</title></head> <body bgcolor="white"> <center><h1>404 Not Found</h1></center> <hr><center>nginx</center> </body> </html> ~ #
