Installing apk on the App Store Version

Note: Have a look into this Wiki-Artikle: Using Alpine Linux repositories for additional information.

In case Apple demanded removal of apk again, re-installation is possible in two ways:

1st Way: Look in the Wiki for "Install & Activate Alternate Filesystem". There apk is integrated already.

2nd Way:

1. Check the Settings for the current Alpine Version. On April 11th, 2024 this was App-Version 1.3.2 (Build 494) and root-FS Apline 3.14 managed by a iSH-Repo.
2. On the Alpine-Website have a look for your Alpine-Version.
3. Then search in Sub-folder main/x86 for "apk-tools-static-….apk" - remember that name and path. Currently it is "apk-tools-static-2.12.7-r0.apk"
4. Type following commands:

wget -qO- http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.14/main/x86/apk-tools-static-2.12.7-r0.apk | tar -xz sbin/apk.static && ./sbin/apk.static add apk-tools && rm sbin/apk.static

Explanation for the command:

1. wget -qO- http:// Be silent (-q), stream the download to STDOUT (O-) from target http://….
2. | tar -xz sbin/apk.static Take the output from wget (|), unpack the file sbin/apk.static from stream and begin new command (&&)
3. start Programm ./sbin/apk.static
4. add the apk-tools and start new command (&&)
5. cleap-up (rm sbin/apk.static)