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.TH "apk\-fetch" "8" "2026\-08\-31"
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.SH NAME
.PP
apk fetch \- download packages from global repositories to a local directory
.PP
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBapk fetch\fR [<\fIoptions\fR>.\&.\&.\&] \fIpackages\fR.\&.\&.\&
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBapk fetch\fR downloads the requested packages from the configured package
repositories (see \fBapk\-repositories\fR(5)) to a local directory.\& The current
working directory is used as the destination directory unless \fB\-o\fR is
specified.\&
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
In addition to the global options (see \fBapk\fR(8)), and query options
(see \fBapk\-query\fR(8)) the following options are supported:
.PP
\fB\-\-built\-after\fR \fITIMESPEC\fR
.RS 4
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.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-\-link\fR, \fB\-l\fR
.RS 4
Create hard links if possible.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-\-pkgname\-spec\fR \fIPKGNAME_SPEC\fR
.RS 4
Generate downloaded package names with \fIPKGNAME_SPEC\fR specification.\&
Does not work with \fB\-\-prune\fR unless the specification starts with
\fB${name}[\-_.\&]\fR.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-\-output\fR, \fB\-o\fR \fIDIR\fR
.RS 4
Write the downloaded file(s) to \fIDIR\fR.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-\-simulate\fR[=\fIBOOL\fR]
.RS 4
Simulate the requested operation without making any changes.\&
.PP
\fBNote\fR: this option is unreliable if needed indexes are not up\-to\-date
as this omits refreshing or downloading of missing indexes.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-\-stdout\fR, \fB\-s\fR
.RS 4
Dump the .\&apk file(s) to stdout.\&
.PP
\fBNote\fR: this option is incompatible with \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-R\fR, and the global
\fB\-\-progress\fR option.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-\-url\fR
.RS 4
Print the full URL for downloaded packages.\&
.RE