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Revision as of 10:45, 15 July 2021
Introduction
Alpine Linux is an independent, non-commercial, general purpose Linux distribution designed for power users who appreciate security, simplicity and resource efficiency. A minimal installation to disk requires only 130MB of storage. It is used in the majority of Docker container images and installs only about 8MB of operating system software.
Installation
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Alpine_newbie_install_manual
Networking
Fonts
To set a large font on the console command line...
apk add terminus-font setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/ter-132n.psf.gz nano /etc/conf.d/consolefont rc-update add consolefont boot reboot
https://www.reddit.com/r/AlpineLinux/comments/oipp89/set_larger_console_font_size_on_raspberry_pi/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AlpineLinux/comments/evujhq/console_font/
Downloads
Raspberry Pi
OK, so ignore the instructions and don't use the latest version!
Download version 3.13 for RPi4...
wget https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.13/releases/aarch64/alpine-rpi-3.13.0-aarch64.tar.gz
Partition your SD card...
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 * 2048 503807 501760 245M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda2 503808 15548415 15044608 7.2G 83 Linux
Add the usercfg.txt tweaks...
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb/ nano /mnt/usb/usercfg.txt disable_overscan=1 enable_uart=1
Boot first time, log in as root with no password and run...
setup-alpine
Setup keyboard, wireless, timezone, hostname, etc. then run...
setup-disk
Choose to unmount /dev/mmcblk0 and then choose 'sys' install method using 'mmcblk0' and wipe and install.
reboot
Done.
Tutorials and Howtos for Raspberry_Pi
Diskless Install Mode on Raspberry Pi
Classic Install Mode on Raspberry Pi
Package Management
apk update apk search packagename apk add packagename apk policy packagename
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Alpine_Linux_package_management
System Upgrade
apk -U upgrade
Docker
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Docker
