alpine linux -- autossh (missing)

Question

I need to be able to :

-- RUN apk add --no-cache autossh

for migrating my project into alpine linux from ubuntu

I'm getting an error while building the Dockerfile.. any workarounds? I cannot get rid of the autossh requirement as I need this to connect to me compose db.

ERROR: unsatisfiable constraints:
  autossh (missing):
    required by: world[autossh]
The command '/bin/sh -c apk add --no-cache autossh' returned a non-zero code: 1

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '16 at 08:51

Package autossh is in the community repository and only edge branch, as you can check on pkgs.alpinelinux.org. Alpine has only main from a stable branch in /etc/apk/repositories by default, so to install package from another repository and branch, you have to add it here, e.g.:

echo "http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community" >> /etc/apk/repositories
apk update

thank you! It was pretty non-obvious to me re: search. thanks for the link! — sambehera, Sep 09 '16 at 15:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '16 at 17:11

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Please try running apk update before that in docker file. Hope it works

answered Sep 08 '16 at 17:11

Karthik427

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Agreed. autossh is an alpine package: https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/edge/community/x86_64/autossh so update will probably get it for you – Mano Marks Sep 08 '16 at 20:29

alpine linux -- autossh (missing)

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