How to see what packages updates available on Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux uses the apk package manager to manage software packages. To see what package updates are available, you can use the apk update command to update the package index, and then run the apk version command to check for updates.

1. Update the package index by running the following command:

2. Check for package updates by running the following command:

This command will show you a list of all installed packages and their currently installed version, followed by the latest version available in the repositories. The packages that have updates available will be marked with a ‘<‘ or ‘>’ symbol, indicating that the package is either out of date or a newer version is available.

You can also use the apk info --upgrade command to show the list of packages that have available upgrades and the package name, version, and repository.

You can then use the apk upgrade command to upgrade the packages to the latest version, or you can use apk add [package] command to update a specific package.

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It’s also good practice to reboot after upgrade and keep system updated.