How to fix Alpine Linux ERROR: 'install' is not an apk command

Problem:

You are trying to install an apk package using e.g.

apk_install_example.sh

apk install python

apk install python

but you see this error message:

apk_error_output.txt

ERROR: 'install' is not an apk command. See 'apk --help'.

ERROR: 'install' is not an apk command. See 'apk --help'.

Use apk add instead of apk install to install packages on Alpine Linux !

So instead of

wrong_apk_install.sh

apk install python

apk install python

use

correct_apk_add.sh

apk add python

apk add python

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