Create the APKBUILD

Explore how to create a complex APKBUILD for a C++ project in Alpine Linux. Understand how to identify and add dependencies, use CMake as a build system, run package tests, and generate correct build files. This lesson helps you advance your Alpine packaging skills with practical steps and troubleshooting tips.

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Preface
Generate the APKBUILD

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 GitHu ...

1.Introduction

2.Using abuild

3.Alpine's FHS

4.Creating Your First APKBUILD

5.Creating More Complex APKBUILDs

6.Hosting Our Own APK Repository

7.Additional APKBUILD Examples

8.Conclusion

Create the APKBUILD

Preface

Generate the `APKBUILD`

Create the APKBUILD

Preface

Generate the APKBUILD

Generate the `APKBUILD`