# alpine mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für alpine in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:alpine ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install alpine ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install alpine ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: mail/alpine/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add alpine ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install alpine ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: alpine from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install alpine ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: alpine from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#alpine ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/al/alpine/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install alpine ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: alpine from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:alpine - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.26 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** News and email agent - **Homepage:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-11T08:46:01-04:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - mailutil (Alias) - pico (Alias) - pilot (Alias) - rpdump (Alias) - rpload (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 2.26 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung Alpine is a text-mode email and news client descended from the University of Washington Pine family. The current Alpine distribution includes the Alpine mailer, Pico editor, Pilot file navigator, Web Alpine components, IMAP tooling, and utilities for remote pinerc/address-book upload and download. ### Projektgeschichte The official repository README credits the University of Washington for 2006-2009 copyright and Eduardo Chappa for 2013-2026 copyright. The same README describes the distribution as Alpine/Pico/Pilot/Web Alpine/Imapd and says user-level documentation is contained in the programs themselves as context-sensitive help. Alpine retained Pine compatibility in visible ways. The official UW FAQ says Unix Alpine still uses `.pinerc` as the personal configuration file because that was the file name used by Pine and Alpine is an upgrade of Pine. The current homepage continues to publish source and Windows binaries and states that the site is for releases and extra documentation, while the binary contains the configuration documentation needed to run Alpine. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Alpine's adoption comes from institutional Unix email culture, long-time Pine users, terminal users, and administrators who value keyboard-driven IMAP, NNTP, local folders, and remote configuration support. The official UW FAQ's explanation that Alpine is an upgrade of Pine captures the continuity that kept Pine users' configuration and habits relevant. The current project is maintained outside the old UW release channel by Eduardo Chappa, with official releases at alpineapp.email and source at repo.or.cz. Package-manager adoption is broad across Unix-like systems because Alpine remains a compact terminal mail/news client with familiar companion tools such as Pico and Pilot. ### Wie es verwendet wird Users run `alpine` for interactive mail and news. The distribution also builds `pico`, `pilot`, `rpload`, `rpdump`, `mailutil`, IMAP test/server tools, and Web Alpine components, though package formulas may expose only some executables. On Unix, Alpine uses a personal `~/.pinerc`, plus optional system files `/usr/local/lib/pine.conf` and `/usr/local/lib/pine.info`. Official documentation says Alpine can generate a blank personal configuration with `alpine -pinerc` and system-wide config output with `alpine -conf`. For credentials, modern Alpine can be built with password-file support. Official release notes for Alpine 2.20 and 2.21 mention RPM builds with default password file `~/.alpine.pwd`, and the 2.26 homepage notes Unix builds with password-file support by default when built with SMIME support. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren Alpine is historically important because it carries Pine-era terminal email conventions into modern package sets while preserving small Unix tools around the mailer. Its config paths still say `pine`, which is exactly the kind of legacy detail package metadata needs to avoid 'fixing'. It is also a licensing and stewardship story: old UW Pine/Alpine heritage, Apache-licensed current releases, and a modern maintainer publishing signed tarballs and Windows binaries from alpineapp.email. Package maintainers care because source releases, repo.or.cz Git, and bundled companion tools do not map one-to-one to a single executable. ### Zeitleiste - 2006-2009: Repository README credits University of Washington copyright for Alpine. - 2013-2026: Repository README credits Eduardo Chappa copyright for ongoing Alpine maintenance. - 2014: Official Alpine 2.20 release notes mention RPM builds with default password file `~/.alpine.pwd`. - 2026: Homepage lists Alpine 2.26 as the latest release and publishes source, signatures, Windows binaries, and release notes. ### Related projects - Pine is Alpine's predecessor and explains the retained `.pinerc`, `pine.conf`, and `pine.info` names. - Pico and Pilot are companion text editor and file navigator tools included in the Alpine distribution. - UW IMAP Toolkit/C-Client, Web Alpine, `rpload`, `rpdump`, and `mailutil` are distributed with the source tree. ### Quellen - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.pinerc, /usr/local/lib/pine.conf, /usr/local/lib/pine.info ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.alpine.pwd ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - alpine - 2.26+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: alpine from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful | https://alpineapp.email/ - Debian apt - alpine-doc - 2.26+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: alpine-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Text-based email client's documentation | https://alpineapp.email/ - Debian apt - alpine-pico - 2.26+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: alpine-pico from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple text editor from Alpine, a text-based email client | https://alpineapp.email/ - Debian apt - pilot - 2.26+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pilot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple file browser from Alpine, a text-based email client | https://alpineapp.email/ - Nix - alpine: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/al/alpine/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - alpine - 2.26+dfsg-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: alpine from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful | http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/ - Ubuntu apt - alpine-doc - 2.26+dfsg-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: alpine-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Text-based email client's documentation | http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/ - Ubuntu apt - alpine-pico - 2.26+dfsg-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: alpine-pico from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple text editor from Alpine, a text-based email client | http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/ - Ubuntu apt - pilot - 2.26+dfsg-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pilot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple file browser from Alpine, a text-based email client | http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/ - apk - alpine - 2.26-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful | https://repo.or.cz/alpine.git - apk - alpine-dbg - 2.26-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful (debug symbols) | https://repo.or.cz/alpine.git - apk - alpine-doc - 2.26-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful (documentation) | https://repo.or.cz/alpine.git - dnf - alpine - 2.26-24.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: alpine from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Powerful, easy to use console email client | https://alpineapp.email/ - zypper - alpine - 2.26-31.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: alpine from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Mail User Agent | https://alpineapp.email/ - zypper - pico - 5.09-31.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pico from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A small, easy to use editor | https://alpineapp.email/ - zypper - pilot - 2.99-31.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pilot from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Simple file system browser | https://alpineapp.email/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/alpine.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/alpine.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph