You can use apk (Alpine Linux package manager) command to install, remove and upgrade packages on the server.

Use ‘apk add [package_name]’ command to install package on Alpine Linux Server.

‘apk delete [package_name]’ command will delete the package from the server.

 
1. Log into Alpine Linux server as ‘root’ user

2. Run the command ‘apk add [package]’ to install package on the server

Example : apk add supervisor

 
You can add “--interactive” option with ‘apk add’ command to ask for confirmation before installing the package.

Example :

apk add [package_name] --interactive
The following NEW packages will be installed:
After this operation, 47 MiB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

Installation will proceed only after getting confirmation from your end.

 
Use “--no-cache” option if you do not want to use local cache path.

# apk add [package_name] --no-cache

 
If you want to print less information while installing a package then use ‘--quiet’ option with apk add.

Example:

# apk add [package_name] --quiet

1. Log into server as ‘root’ user

2. Execute the command ‘apk del [package_name]’ to delete the package

Example :

# apk del supervisor

 
To print less information while deleting use the ‘--quiet’ option.

Example :

# apk del supervisor --quiet

 
If you use “--interactive” option, apk add will ask for confirmation before deleting the package.

Example :

# apk del [package_name] --interactive
The following packages will be REMOVED:
After this operation, 47 MiB of disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?