Alpine Linux switched to apk v3

July 01, 20251 min. read

Finally after 5 years of development, Alpine Linux just merged apk v3 into edge! 🎉

It includes some really nice changes, like downloading packages before installing them (which we enabled by default), so that a flaky internet connection can't ever destroy your system again!

If you experience any issues with the new upgrade, like "Huh? Error reporter did not find the broken constraints" or something else, feel free to open a issue at https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/apk-tools/-/issues or ask in our chat rooms for assistance.