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Install locate on Alpine Linux

Jun 15, 2023 · 1 min read · Post a comment

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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