System Manager's Manual

NAME¶

apk list - list packages matching a pattern or other criteria

SYNOPSIS¶

apk list [<options>...] pattern...

apk list searches package indicies for packages matching the given patterns and prints any matching packages.

The patterns are matched with fnmatch(3), which behaves similarly to shell globbing.

In addition to the global options (see apk(8)), and query options (see apk-query(8)) the following options are supported:

--available, -a

Consider only available packages.

--depends, -d

List packages by dependency.

--installed, -I

Consider only installed packages.

--manifest

List installed packages in format `<name> <version>`.

--origin, -o

List packages by origin.

--orphaned, -O

Consider only orphaned packages.

--providers, -P

List packages by provider.

--upgradable, --upgradeable, -u

Consider only upgradable packages.

2025-12-03