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| author | Ariadne Conill <ariadne@dereferenced.org> | 2022-05-03 17:38:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Timo Teräs <timo.teras@iki.fi> | 2023-01-29 15:34:51 +0000 |
| commit | d6772adceccceaa1bee2254b6d29890e0aaaae08 (patch) | |
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@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@ -# Alpine Package Keeper +# apk-tools -Alpine Package Keeper (apk) is a package manager developed for Alpine Linux. +Alpine Package Keeper (apk) is a package manager originally built for Alpine Linux, +but now used by several other distributions as well. + +## Building + +The preferred build system for building apk-tools is Meson: + +``` +# meson setup build --prefix=/ +# meson compile -C build +# meson install -C build +``` + +While there is a legacy Makefile-based system available, it only works for musl-linux +targets, and will be dropped in the apk-tools 3.0 release. + +## Documentation Online documentation is available in the [doc/](doc/) directory in the form of man pages. + +The [apk(8)](doc/apk.8.scd) man page provides a basic overview of the package management +system. |