ahgencer/abuilder provides a Docker base image that contains common build dependencies for compiling Alpine Linux packages from source.
Interested? Here's how to get started.
These are the apk packages and other software provided by the image.
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | The base image. Built around musl libc and BusyBox for security and small sizes. |
| alpine-sdk | Meta package for the Alpine Linux Software Development Kit. |
| build-base | Meta package for building Alpine Linux packages. |
| git | Version Control System for cloning software repositories. |
Useful scripts for automating the build process for Alpine Linux packages.
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| buildpkg | Iterates all directories in /opt and runs the script called build for each package. |
| fetchpkg | Fetches the APKBUILD package information directly from the official Alpine Linux aports repository. |
You can build the image yourself using Docker by simply running:
docker build -t ahgencer/abuilder:<tag> src/
To build the image instead using Podman / Buildah, run:
podman build --format=docker -t docker.io/ahgencer/abuilder:<tag> src/
You may also optionally pass in the ALPINE_VERSION build argument to specify
the version of the base image to use.
The image is meant to be used as an early build stage in a Dockerfile.
# Don't forget to lock the builder image to a specific major version!
ARG BUILDER_VERSION=1.0
ARG ALPINE_VERSION=latest
## Build stage 1: Patch and build custom `apk` packages
FROM ahgencer/abuilder:$BUILDER_VERSION AS builder
# Copy and build `apk` packages
COPY ./opt /opt
RUN buildpkg
## Build stage 2: Prepare files for the final image
FROM alpine:$ALPINE_VERSION
# Copy built packages and RSA public keys into image
COPY --from=builder --chown=root:root /home/builder/.abuild/builder-*.rsa.pub /etc/apk/keys/
COPY --from=builder /home/builder/packages/opt/**/* /opt/This program is free software published under the MIT License. Feel free to use it in your own projects!