Gain insights into creating Alpine Linux packages. Delve into APKBUILDs, packaging basics, and repository management. Discover quality assurance and enhance your Alpine Linux and DevOps skills.

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In this course, you will learn how packaging software works in Alpine Linux, the most popular Docker Linux distribution.

You’ll first learn the basics: what is Alpine Linux and what are its advantages over other distributions, especially in a Docker environment? Next, you’ll cover the basics of packaging software: what are apk and APKBUILD, where should files be installed, and how can we create basic APKBUILDs and submit them for inclusion in Alpine Linux official repositories? You’ll also learn what makes an Alpine Linux package low or high quality. Finally, you’ll explore APKBUILDs for different programming languages and finish by creating your own private Alpine Linux repository with complex subpackages. 

By the end of the course, you will be able to create APKBUILDs which easily pass Alpine’s quality assurance. Overall, this course will increase your understanding of Alpine Linux and Linux in general and help you improve your DevOps skills.

Creating Alpine Linux Packages

## Preface

Now that we've learned how to create a simple `APKBUILD`, it's time to make a more complex one. This `APKBUILD` will be for a C++ project called `shaer`, a simple command-line utility for calculating the `MD5` checksum of a file and printing it to the terminal.
In this lesson, we'll learn how to recognize the dependencies a package has, how to run a package's test, and how to execute `CMake`.

## Generate the `APKBUILD`

The first thing to do is to checkout the repository of `shaer`, which is hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/Cogitri/educative-example). This way, we can gather additional information about the package. Its `README` mentions that the package has a few dependencies, including `boost`, `fmt` and `poco`:

# Preface

Now that we've learned how to create a simple `APKBUILD`, it's time to make a more complex one. This `APKBUILD` will be for a C++ project called `shaer`, a simple command-line utility for calculating the `MD5` checksum of a file and printing it to the terminal.
In this lesson, we'll learn how to recognize the dependencies a package has, how to run a package's test, and how to execute `CMake`.

# Generate the `APKBUILD`

The first thing to do is to checkout the repository of `shaer`, which is hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/Cogitri/educative-example). This way, we can gather additional information about the package. Its `README` mentions that the package has a few dependencies, including `boost`, `fmt` and `poco`:

Learn how to create a complex APKBUILD for a C++/CMake project.

Introduction

Using abuild

Alpine's FHS

Creating Your First APKBUILD

Creating More Complex APKBUILDs

Hosting Our Own APK Repository

Additional APKBUILD Examples

Conclusion

Create the APKBUILD

Preface

Generate the `APKBUILD`