apk-fetch(8)                System Manager's Manual               apk-fetch(8)

NAME
       apk fetch - download packages from global repositories to a local
       directory

SYNOPSIS
       apk fetch [<options>...] packages...

DESCRIPTION
       apk fetch downloads the requested packages from the configured package
       repositories (see apk-repositories(5)) to a local directory. The
       current working directory is used as the destination directory unless
       -o is specified.

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

       --built-after TIMESPEC
           Only fetch packages that have buildtime more recent than TIMESPEC.
           TIMESPEC can be a "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" date, or seconds since
           epoch.

       --link, -l
           Create hard links if possible.

       --pkgname-spec PKGNAME_SPEC
           Generate downloaded package names with PKGNAME_SPEC specification.
           Does not work with --prune unless the specification starts with
           ${name}[-_.].

       --output, -o DIR
           Write the downloaded file(s) to DIR.

       --simulate[=BOOL], -s
           Simulate the requested operation without making any changes.

           Note: this option is unreliable if needed indexes are not up-to-
           date as this omits refresing or downloading of missing indexes.

       --stdout, -s
           Dump the .apk file(s) to stdout.

           Note: this option is incompatible with -o, -R, and the global
           --progress option.

       --url
           Print the full URL for downloaded packages.

                                  2026-01-29                      apk-fetch(8)