apk-package(5) File Formats Manual apk-package(5) (NAME) apk-package - Alpine (apk) (DESCRIPTION) apk (package info) . . . . . : v3-field-name (v2-pkginfo-field-name, v2-index-character). APK . APK APK (blobs) . (PACKAGE NAMES AND VERSIONS) APK (verbose) name-version . -[0-9] . (dash) : name version . name name-version ( name -[:digit:] ). (PACKAGE INFO METADATA) name (pkgname, P) . . : [a-zA-Z0-9._+-]. [a-zA-Z0-9] . version (pkgver, V) . Alpine Gentoo . APK : number{.number}...{letter}{_suffix{number}}...{~hash}{-r#} number (0-9) . letter . letter (a-z) . _suffix{number} . ( ) : alpha, beta, pre, rc, , cvs, svn, git, hg, p. {~hash} . (0-9a-f) . -r{number} . hashes (C) . . APK : o o o (cache) description (pkgdesc, T) . APK . arch (arch, A) . apk : o noarch o aarch64 o arc700 o archs o armeb o armel o armhf o armv7 o mips o mipsel o mips64 o mips64el o ppc o ppc64 o ppc64le o riscv32 o riscv64 o s390x o sh2eb o sh3 o sh4 o loongarchx32 o loongarch64 o wasi32 o wasi64 o x86 o x86_64 arch URL . apk-mkndx(8) --pkgname-spec . arch etc/apk/arch . license (license, L) . APK . SPDX . origin (origin, o) . APK : o APK . . o . o ( ) ( ) . maintainer (maintainer, m) . . url (url, U) URL . . repo-commit (commit, c) . build-time (builddate, t) . apk fetch . . installed-size (size, I) . APK . . APK . file-size (S) . APK (.apk) . . provider-priority (provider_priority, k) provides . provides . provider-priority . depends (depend, D) . APK . APK : o ( world) o apk ( ) o apk provides (provides, p) ( ) . (,) ([]), (:) (/) . . : o o o o : o o provides_priority o world o o o apk << >> replaces (r) . apk . replaces . install-if (install_if, i) install-if APK . install_if (=) . docs. package-doc . -doc install-if <> . recommends . APK . layer : o root (0) o uvol (1) uvol uvol . . tags . apk . apk-query(8) . : [a-zA-Z0-9._+-,:/[]=]. <>. (PACKAGE METADATA) info . paths ( xattrs ) . scripts ( ) . : o trigger ... o pre-install o post-install o pre-deinstall o post-deinstall o pre-upgrade o post-upgrade ENVIRONMENT apk(8) . triggers (directory globs). ( ) APK . . + . . . replaces-priority replaces . (SEE ALSO) abuild(1), apk(8), apk-v2(5), apk-v3(5) 2026-08-31 apk-package(5)