Alpine
Alpine is a minimalistic Linux distribution with a focus on security based on the musl library. It is mainly used to build small docker image.
apk is the package manager of Alpine.
Apk
| Command | |
|---|---|
| apk add | Add the package specified as an argument
If the --no-cache argument is given, there is no need to remove the cache in /var/cache/apk/ and to update the index.[1] |
| apk update | Fetch the latest index and store in /var/cache/apk/ |