Howto install alpine raspberrypi5

install tools

• archlinux

install the following tools:

pacman -Sy util-linux parted wget rsync coreutils dosfstools e2fsprogs qemu-user-static git --noconfirm

create alpine image

clone vidalinux alpine git repo:

git clone https://github.com/vidalinux/alpine.git
cd alpine

create alpine image stage1:

./create_image_from_scratch1.sh

now procced with stage2:

./create_image_from_scratch2.sh

copy image to sdcard

identify sdcard in your computer:

fdisk -l

other option to identify sdcard is:

dmesg

now use raspimg script to copy img to sdcard:

./raspimg copyimg alpine-raspberrypi-5-2025-07-31.img

boot alpine on raspberrypi

insert the sdcard on raspberrypi then when system boot expand sdcard:

sudo expand-sd

references

• https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Comparison_with_other_distros
• https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Setup-desktop