APM

Manage applications and packages in ALT Atommic.

System packages

Install package:

apm system install hello

Apply change to an image:

apm system image apply

Also declarative configuration changing is available via "/etc/apm/image.yml" file editing

Execute command after editing:

apm system image apply

Explanation

Image changes always applies from the beginning declarativly repeating step-by-step, host state is not remembered, and e. g. it's impossible to remove package that not installed in base image

Distrobox

Distrobox allows you to use containers with any distribution.

Create container based on ALT Linux:

apm distrobox c create --image alt --name alt-container

Install package:

apm distrobox install hello --container alt-container