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alpine mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für alpine in AI-Agent-Workflows.

InstallationsbefehlSicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install alpine

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install alpine

MacPorts ports tree · mail/alpine/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add alpine

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · alpine · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install alpine

Debian stable package indexes · alpine · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install alpine

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · alpine · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#alpine

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/al/alpine/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install alpine

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · alpine · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

News and email agent

Befehle und Aliase

  • pico
  • pilot
  • rpdump
  • rpload

Verlauf

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.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 13 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.pinerc/usr/local/lib/pine.conf/usr/local/lib/pine.info

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.alpine.pwd

Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
picocliglobales Executable
pilotcliglobales Executable
rpdumpcliglobales Executable
rploadcliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25
Manager-Version2.26
Manager aktualisiert2026-07-11
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://alpineapp.email

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:alpine
Version2.26
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/alpine
Homepagehttps://alpineapp.email
Repositoryhttps://repo.or.cz/alpine.git
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://alpineapp.email/
LizenzApache-2.0
Quellarchivhttps://alpineapp.email/alpine/release/src/alpine-2.26.tar.xz
Zuletzt aktualisiert2026-07-11T08:46:01-04:00
Pulseupdated
Abhängigkeitenopenssl@3
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliothekenkrb5, ncurses, openldap
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namealpine
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Conflicts With
  • macpine
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

alpine 2.26+dfsg-3

Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful

https://alpineapp.email/

sudo apt install alpine
  • Section: mail
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 7 Abhängigkeiten
  • 5 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: alpine from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

alpine-doc 2.26+dfsg-3

Text-based email client's documentation

https://alpineapp.email/

sudo apt install alpine-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: alpine-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

alpine-pico 2.26+dfsg-3

Simple text editor from Alpine, a text-based email client

https://alpineapp.email/

sudo apt install alpine-pico
  • Section: editors
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: alpine-pico from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

pilot 2.26+dfsg-3

Simple file browser from Alpine, a text-based email client

https://alpineapp.email/

sudo apt install pilot
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: pilot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

alpine

nix profile install nixpkgs#alpine
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/al/alpine/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

alpine 2.26+dfsg-1build3

Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful

http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/

sudo apt install alpine
  • Section: universe/mail
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 8 Abhängigkeiten
  • 5 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: alpine from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

alpine-doc 2.26+dfsg-1build3

Text-based email client's documentation

http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/

sudo apt install alpine-doc
  • Section: universe/doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: alpine-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

alpine-pico 2.26+dfsg-1build3

Simple text editor from Alpine, a text-based email client

http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/

sudo apt install alpine-pico
  • Section: universe/editors
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: alpine-pico from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

pilot 2.26+dfsg-1build3

Simple file browser from Alpine, a text-based email client

http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/

sudo apt install pilot
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pilot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

alpine 2.26-r5

Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful

https://repo.or.cz/alpine.git

sudo apk add alpine
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

alpine-dbg 2.26-r5

Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful (debug symbols)

https://repo.or.cz/alpine.git

sudo apk add alpine-dbg
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

alpine-doc 2.26-r5

Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful (documentation)

https://repo.or.cz/alpine.git

sudo apk add alpine-doc
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

alpine 2.26-21.fc44

powerful, easy to use console email client

https://alpineapp.email/

sudo dnf install alpine
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 14 Abhängigkeiten
  • 3 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: alpine from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

alpine 2.26-30.4

Mail User Agent

https://alpineapp.email/

sudo zypper install alpine
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Productivity/Networking/Email/Clients
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 9 Abhängigkeiten
  • 4 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: alpine from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

pico 5.09-30.4

A small, easy to use editor

https://alpineapp.email/

sudo zypper install pico
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Productivity/Editors/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pico from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

pilot 2.99-30.4

Simple file system browser

https://alpineapp.email/

sudo zypper install pilot
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Productivity/File utilities
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: alpine
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Alpine
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pilot from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Verwandte Tools

  • openssl@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Gleicher Workflow

  • alotShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, mail-client, productivity, terminal.
  • neomuttShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, mail-client, productivity, terminal.
  • aercShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity, terminal.
  • claws-mailShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, mail-client, productivity.
  • popShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity, terminal.
  • extract_urlShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Verwendete Quellen

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment