If you are building a docker image using docker build and you want to force building the package use --no-cache:

docker build --no-cache

#docker #build #no_cache #cache #force

In Dockerfile`s some people in the community use `alpine base image in order to reduce docker image size. apk is its package management tool that can be used to install OS packages. So for example if
you want to install network tools (like ping) you need to install netcat-openbsd:

apk add netcat-openbsd

You can squash your image size even further by some tips. When you install a package, linux distros first download the package and put it in a cache folder. In Alpine it is located in /var/cache/apk.
To tell the OS to delete the cache after installation you can provide --no-cache option to it:

apk add --no-cache netcat-openbsd

There are some package like g++ or git that is needed on installation of some other packages. After installation those packages is useless and just increase image size. You can remove those packages b
y using --virtual command:

apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps g++ \
&& # do you stuff here \
&& apk del .build-deps

Great job guys! You have reduced your alpine docker images so much :)

#docker #linux #alpine #apk #virtual #no_cache #apk_del #apk_add