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How to keep system updated

Check what is your current version with next command

cat /etc/os-release

Check releases wiki

https://alpinelinux.org/releases/

Steps to install a new release

To have last updates need to use edge release

How safely run edge build

If you’re using KDE Plasma with Discover on postmarketOS Edge, and want to avoid risky/edge updates, you can:

Open terminal and edit /etc/apk/repositories:

Remove test packages

http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing

Run sudo apk upgrade --available

More info in Alpine wiki.

SSH

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/SSH

Start SSH Daemon

sudo systemctl start sshd

sudo systemctl enable sshd

Host 172.16.42.1 pmos
    HostName 172.16.42.1
    User user
    StrictHostKeyChecking no
    UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
    ConnectTimeout 5
    ServerAliveInterval 1
    ServerAliveCountMax 5

KDE plasma has a helpful pop-up window

ssh user@172.16.42.1

sudo journalctl > all_logs.txt

scp user@172.16.42.1:/home/user/all_logs.txt ~/Downloads/

Post install actions

Waydroid

sudo apk add waydroid

Open App via UI and download the rest of dependencies