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Alpine Linux Docker Image

Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution. The Alpine Linux Docker image looks like the smallest Docker image ever.

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# Search the Alpine Docker image.
docker search alpine
# Get the Alpine Docker image.
docker pull alpine
# Start a Docker instance of the Alpine image.
docker run -it alpine /bin/sh
# Inside the Alpine Docker instance, install necessary packages.
# "apk" is a tool of Alpine Linux to manage packages.
apk add --no-cache python

More information about Alpine Linux and Alpine Linux Docker image can be found from here and here.

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