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PURL Type Definition: apk

  • Type Name: APK-based packages
  • Description: Alpine Linux APK-based packages
  • Schema ID: https://packageurl.org/types/apk-definition.json

PURL Syntax​

The structure of a PURL for this package type is:

pkg:apk/<namespace>/<name>@<version>?<qualifiers>#<subpath>

Repository Information​

  • Use Repository: Yes
  • Note: There is no default package repository; this should be implied either from the distro qualifiers key or using a repository base url as repository_url qualifiers key.

Namespace definition​

  • Requirement: Required
  • Native Label: vendor
  • Note: The namespace is the vendor such as alpine or openwrt. It is not case sensitive and must be lowercased.

Name definition​

  • Requirement: Required
  • Native Label: name
  • Note: The name is the package name. It is not case sensitive and must be lowercased.

Version definition​

  • Requirement: Optional
  • Native Label: version
  • Note: The version is a package version as expected by apk.

Qualifiers Definition​

KeyRequirementNative nameDefault ValueDescription
archOptionalThe arch is the qualifiers key for a package architecture.

Examples​

  • pkg:apk/alpine/curl@7.83.0-r0?arch=x86
  • pkg:apk/alpine/apk@2.12.9-r3?arch=x86

Note​

not to be confused with Android packages with a .apk extension.