/usr/bin/apk --help — Chainguard OS Manuals

From apk-tools 2.14.13-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-06 by running apk --help (exit 1). permalink

apk-tools 2.14.13, compiled for x86_64.

usage: apk [<OPTIONS>...] COMMAND [<ARGUMENTS>...]

Package installation and removal:
  add        Add or modify constraints in WORLD and commit changes
  del        Remove constraints from WORLD and commit changes

System maintenance:
  fix        Fix, reinstall or upgrade packages without modifying WORLD
  update     Update repository indexes
  upgrade    Install upgrades available from repositories
  cache      Manage the local package cache

Querying package information:
  info       Give detailed information about packages or repositories
  list       List packages matching a pattern or other criteria
  dot        Render dependencies as graphviz graphs
  policy     Show repository policy for packages
  search     Search for packages by name or description

Repository maintenance:
  index      Create repository index file from packages
  fetch      Download packages from repositories to a local directory
  manifest   Show checksums of package contents
  verify     Verify package integrity and signature

Miscellaneous:
  audit      Audit system for changes
  stats      Show statistics about repositories and installations
  version    Compare package versions or perform tests on version strings

This apk has coffee making abilities.
For more information: man 8 apk

Options (39)

Option	Description	Source
`-f, --force`	Enable selected --force- options (deprecated).	man
`-i, --interactive`	Ask confirmation before performing certain operations.	man
`-p, --root` ROOT	Manage file system at ROOT.	man
`-q, --quiet`	Print less information.	man
`-U, --update-cache`	Alias for '--cache-max-age 0'.	man
`-v, --verbose`	Print more information (can be specified twice).	man
`-V, --version`	Print program version and exit.	man
`-X, --repository` REPO	Specify additional package repository.	man
`--allow-untrusted`	Install packages with untrusted signature or no signature.	man
`--arch` ARCH	Temporarily override architecture.	man
`--cache-dir` CACHEDIR	Temporarily override the cache directory.	man
`--cache-max-age` AGE	Maximum AGE (in minutes) for index in cache before it's refreshed.	man
`--force-binary-stdout`	Continue even if binary data will be printed to the terminal.	man
`--force-broken-world`	DANGEROUS: Delete world constraints until a solution without conflicts is found.	man
`--force-missing-repositories`	Continue even if some of the repository indexes are not available.	man
`--force-non-repository`	Continue even if packages may be lost on reboot.	man
`--force-old-apk`	Continue even if packages use unsupported features.	man
`--force-overwrite`	Overwrite files in other packages.	man
`--force-refresh`	Do not use cached files (local or from proxy).	man
`--keys-dir` KEYSDIR	Override directory of trusted keys.	man
`--no-cache`	Do not use any local cache path.	man
`--no-check-certificate`	Do not validate the HTTPS server certificates.	man
`--no-interactive`	Disable interactive mode.	man
`--no-network`	Do not use the network.	man
`--no-progress`	Disable progress bar even for TTYs.	man
`--print-arch`	Print default arch and exit.	man
`--progress`	Show progress.	man
`--progress-fd` FD	Write progress to the specified file descriptor.	man
`--purge`	Purge modified configuration and cached packages.	man
`--repositories-file` REPOFILE	Override system repositories, see apk-repositories(8).	man
`--timeout` TIME	Timeout network connections if no progress is made in TIME seconds.	man
`--wait` TIME	Wait for TIME seconds to get an exclusive repository lock before failing.	man
`-s, --simulate`	Simulate the requested operation without making any changes.	man
`--clean-protected`	Do not create .apk-new files in configuration directories.	man
`--overlay-from-stdin`	Read list of overlay files from stdin.	man
`--no-scripts`	Do not execute any scripts.	man
`--no-commit-hooks`	Skip pre/post hook scripts (but not other scripts).	man
`--initramfs-diskless-boot`	Used by initramfs when it's recreating root tmpfs.	man
`--from` FROMSPEC	Search packages from: system (all system sources), repositories (exclude installed database), installed (exclude normal repositories) or none (commandline repositories only).	man

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