# Installation The extension must be installed into the same Python environment Salt uses on each minion you want Alpine support on. Saltexts are not distributed automatically via the fileserver like custom modules. :::{tab} State ```yaml Install saltext-alpine: pip.installed: - name: saltext-alpine ``` ::: :::{tab} Onedir installation ```bash salt-pip install saltext-alpine ``` ::: :::{tab} Regular installation ```bash pip install saltext-alpine ``` ::: :::{hint} On Alpine, Salt is typically installed from the community repository. The Python environment Salt uses is the system Python, so a regular ``pip install`` is correct for most setups. If you have installed Salt into a virtual environment, activate it first. ::: ## Verifying the installation After installing, confirm that Salt has loaded the modules on your Alpine minion: ```bash salt sys.doc pkg.install salt sys.doc service.start ``` Both commands should return documentation pulled from this extension. If they return nothing or show a different provider, see :ref:`module-provider-override` in the Salt documentation.