Linux – How to install .apk on Alpine Linux like .deb in Debian using dpkg

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My question is in the title. Problem:

Comparison with other distros doesn't speak about installing a local .deb in Debian or whatever is Gentoo's equivalent or Alpine Linux's .apk. Plus the command apk add complains about unsatisfiable dependencies for the world when I want it to install from .apk file downloaded, and it doesn't tell what's wrong, just:

world: <package_name> <package_name>

Simple more-or-less obvious searches such as how to install apk on alpine linux returns something weird or Android stuff, making Alpine Linux look like it doesn't exist in the first place -or- doesn't support installing a downloaded package like you can do in Debian with dpkg.

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Let's say you are trying to install glibc in Alpine

Download the packages into your current directory

wget "https://circle-artifacts.com/gh/andyshinn/alpine-pkg-glibc/6/artifacts/0/home/ubuntu/alpine-pkg-glibc/packages/x86_64/glibc-2.21-r2.apk"
wget "https://circle-artifacts.com/gh/andyshinn/alpine-pkg-glibc/6/artifacts/0/home/ubuntu/alpine-pkg-glibc/packages/x86_64/glibc-bin-2.21-r2.apk"

Then, use apk with --allow-untrusted flag

apk add --allow-untrusted glibc-2.21-r2.apk glibc-bin-2.21-r2.apk

And finish the installation (only needed in this example)

/usr/glibc/usr/bin/ldconfig /lib /usr/glibc/usr/lib

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Nowadays, you install skype on Debian by enabling MultiArch, then installing the i386 package, as follows:

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   dpkg -i skype-install.deb

If you still cannot install the package, it means you have not set the repos. Add most, or all, of the following lines (as sudo) to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

   deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
   deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free   
   deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free 
   deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
   deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main

then run

   sudo apt-get update

and try the first four lines again.

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You may wish to follow the instructions outlined in this link: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/25770/how-to-reinstall-apt-on-debian

It may take some digging and manually exploring the Kali and Debian repositories, but you might be able to find the package you are looking to install and pull it down via the dpkg command.

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