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Install gRPC library in alpine docker container

I want to install gRPC cpp library inside alpine docker container. This is where I find the gRPC package available inside alpine:edge. However when I tried to do 

apk update && apk add --no-cache grpc

from alpine:edge, but it gives me:

ERROR: unsatisfiable constraints:
grpc (missing):
required by: world[grpc]

Am I missing any step?

Solution

  • The grpc package resides in the testing repository of the edge branch.
    Use apk's --repository option for specifying the repository to pull from:

    apk update && apk add --no-cache --repository=http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/
alpine/edge/testing

    Note, the edge branch, and more so testing repositories, are considered experimental, so use them with care.