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From: Konstantin Kulikov <k.kulikov2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 10:17:12 +0300
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Subject: Re: Persistent package install in raspberry pi
To: Philip Couling <couling@gmail.com>
Cc: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
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Run "lbu commit" after package installation. This saves
/etc/apk/world, contents of which get installed on boot.

On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 3:22 AM Philip Couling <couling@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Following the rasbberry pi install instructions (1) I have a working system with a persistent apk cache and am able to save /etc/ with lbm commit.
>
> What I'm stuck on is that I want to install some other packages persistently.  At the moment all that happens is that the packages get saved in the apk cache and the record of the fact I wanted them installed is saved.
>
> In order to get the back I have to type "apk add" and they all re-install.
>
> I need to have this work so that I can add my own choice of packages to the system that are there while it boots.  Not least because some have daemons that should be kicked off on boot.
>
> Is this possible with diskless installs?  Is there something else I'm supposed to do to ensure installed packages are persisted?
>
> https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi