apk-cache(5)

🦋 apk-cache(5) · File Formats Manual 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the File Formats Manual page for apk-cache(5) — yes, the manual name is folded right in here, no boring header copy, we move 💅.

💖 NAME 💖

/etc/apk/cache — the local cache of package files. That's the whole vibe: it's where apk keeps its cache. 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

If /etc/apk/cache is a symlink to a local directory, then apk(8) will use it as a local cache for downloaded package files and repository indices. periodt. 🫶

If this symlink does not exist or is dangling, then /var/cache/apk will be used to cache repository indices only. Not the package files, bestie — repository indices only. iykyk. 💜

⚠️ big warning vibes: the cache must not reside on a tmpfs. no cap, do not do it. 💀

To enable the apk cache, run these commands as root — literally copy these, fr fr:

mkdir -p /var/cache/apk
ln -s /var/cache/apk /etc/apk/cache

For information on cache maintenance, see apk-cache(8). 🧚

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