As of Alpine Linux 3.3 there exists a new --no-cache
option for apk
. It allows users to install packages with an index that is updated and used on-the-fly and not cached locally:
FROM openjdk:8-jre-alpine
RUN apk --no-cache add curl
This avoids the need to use --update
and remove /var/cache/apk/*
when done installing packages.
Reference - https://github.com/gliderlabs/docker-alpine/blob/master/docs/usage.md