install-alpine.md

add dependencies

build dependency.

# apk add go protoc utmps-dev ncurses musl-locales ncurses-terminfo protoc-gen-go

run dependency.

# apk add musl-locales utmps ncurses logrotate ncurses-terminfo wezterm-extra-terminfo openssh-server

install for alpine

add testing repositories to your alpine system, you need the root privilege to do that.

# echo "https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing" >> /etc/apk/repositories
# apk update

add aprilsh, which includes aprilsh-server, aprilsh-client, aprilsh-openrc.

# apk add aprilsh

run apshd (aprilsh server) as openrc service.

# rc-service apshd start

or run apshd (aprilsh server) manually.

# apshd 2>/var/log/apshd &

by default apshd listen on udp localhost:8100.

openrc-nvide:~# netstat -lup
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
udp        0      0 localhost:8100          0.0.0.0:*                           45561/apshd
openrc-nvide:~#

now login to the system with apsh (aprilsh client), note the motd(welcome message) depends on you alpine system config.

qiwang@Qi15Pro client % apsh ide@localhost
openrc-nvide:0.10.2

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ide@openrc-nvide:~ $

if you login on two terminals, on the server, there will be two server processes serve the clients. the following shows apshd serve two clients. one is:8101, the other is ':8102'

openrc-nvide:~# netstat -lup
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
udp        0      0 localhost:8100          0.0.0.0:*                           45561/apshd
udp        0      0 :::8101                 :::*                                45647/apshd
udp        0      0 :::8102                 :::*                                45612/apshd
openrc-nvide:~#

enjoy the early access for aprilsh.