To install the locate command on Alpine Linux, you can follow the installation steps.
Prerequisites
- Alpine Linux
- sudo privileges
Install locate on Alpine Linux
Step 1. Update the Alpine system packages.
apk update
Step 2. Install the mlocate package, which includes the locate command, by running the following command:
apk add mlocate
Step 3. Note that the initial indexing of the file system by mlocate may take some time. You can update the index manually by running the following command:
updatedb
Step 4. Verify.
locate example.txt
Conclusion
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