OpenWrt Adopts Alpine’s APK as New Package Manager

Major Overhaul: OpenWrt Adopts Alpine’s APK as New Package Manager

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Bobby Borisov
Nov 19, 2024

Goodbye OPKG, hello APK! Starting in November 2024, OpenWrt’s snapshots and future stable builds will replace OPKG with APK for better package management.

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