Alpine.md

Alpine Linux

Installation

Alpine ≥ 3.18.0

Barkery will be available in the community repository since Alpine 3.18.0. The following packages are available:

• barkery: meta package installing barkery and the startup script package
• barkery-browser: standalone kiosk browser w/o startup scripts
• barkery-weston: startup script using weston

Alpine <3.18.0

Since barkery is a simple python script it is save to barkery from edge using repository pinning. You need to at edge to you repository sources:

• add a pinned source to /etc/apk/repositories:

  https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.17/main
  https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.17/community
  @edgecom http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community

• install barkery from edge:

  rpi [~]# apk add barkery@edgecom

Configuration

The following configuration files exists:

• /etc/barkery/barkery.conf
• /etc/barkery/weston.ini

Run

Use rc-update to enable barkery on boot:

rpi [~]# rc-update add barkery-weston
 * service barkery-weston added to runlevel default

Use rc-service to launch barkery manually:

rpi [~]# rc-service barkery-weston start
 * Starting barkery-weston ...