[200/300] oPKG v0.1.8 - Updated on 21st Feb

[vaidyasr]

IPKG is now OPKG.

Opkg is a lightweight package management system. It is written in C and resembles apt/dpkg in operation. It is intended for use on embedded Linux devices and is used in this capacity in the OpenEmbedded and OpenWrt projects.

Opkg is maintained, stable, robust and conservative in its memory usage, despite its buggy ipkg ancestry. As best it can, opkg maintains backwards compatibility with ipkg and conforms to a subset of debian's policy manual regarding control files.

Installation via CSI.

Download Link: http://c200progs.googlecode.com/files/op...8-nmt2.zip

Changes in -nmt2:
a. The lock directory has been changed from /share/Apps/local/lib/opkg/lock to /tmp/lock, so the users who is using USB drive for Apps will work.
b. The info directory for storing installed packages has been changed to correct location.
Existing was :/share/Apps/local/share/Apps/local/lib/opkg
Current: /share/Apps/local/lib/opkg
c. opkg included with list of packages. So, users installed from CSI, won't surprise that no packages exist.

Browse in PC: http://yourc200ip:9999/local_web/
You can also browse in C200 via web services.
Or you can navigate to the folder /share/Apps/local/gayaui/ from C200.

You can add your own/included scripts to start/stop the required services automatically.
For example, if you would like to start the minidlna, do the below steps:
Install mini-dlna from opkg.
Edit the config file under /share/Apps/local/etc to suite your needs.
Re-start the opkg via CSI.
You can edit/add you own startup scripts under /share/Apps/local/etc/init.d with optional prefix, so that it will be loaded in ascending order.

A sample script for inadyn (dynamic DDNS client) would be:

Code:

# cat 60inadyn.sh
#!/bin/sh

start()
{
        cd /share/Apps/local
        bin/inadyn --input_file etc/inadyn.conf
}

stop()
{
        killall inadyn > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        start
        ;;

    stop)
        stop
        ;;

    restart)
        stop
        start
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

Basic commands: (from telnet)
# opkg update - Initially you need to type to update from feed.
# opkg list - To list the available packages.
# opkg install <pkg> - To install a specific package.

The following web-gui will be available with default ipkg.


For Fresh Installation, The following is the procedure to make it work:
1. Install local package from CSI.
2. Then browse to http://pch-c200:9999/local_web/ and find all packages in one big list. If you want to use the AJAX based webUI with each packages on a different section, install the opkgmanager from the interface.
3. If you have installed opkgmanager, browse to http://pch-c200:9999/opkg_web/ in future for all opkg installations.

Package Feed URL's:

Code:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/c200ipkg/files
http://sourceforge.net/projects/c200opkgdev/files/

Will be installed under /share/Apps/local and will be linked to /usr/local. All programs has been pre-compiled with RPATH, so no need to specify any LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

[accident]

I assume theres some ability to add repositories? theres something like 1300ish packages available for other players.

[vaidyasr]

(10-19-2010 12:13 PM)accident Wrote:  I assume theres some ability to add repositories? theres something like 1300ish packages available for other players.

You can edit the ipkg.conf file under /share/Apps/local/etc to add your own repositories.

[accident]

excellent.. now I need to find out what those repositories are I'll post them here when I figure out how to tell which are safe to run.. I know theres a few bootloaders and extended firmwares that might be required for some packages.

[dc11ab]

How similar is it to SMP8642? I think it was mostly the ability to handle certain licenses that was the major difference.

If so, there are some feeds at nslu2-linux.org which could be useful. EDIT: on some google translated russian page I saw they use WL500gP uclibc-opt_0.9.28-13_mipsel.ipk, using the http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optwar...e/Packages feed.

(No, I haven't had time to try it myself yet...)

[accident]

All of the 4s have the same mips cpu core so they should run almost everything out there(42, 43, 45, etc). The 5's also ahve the same core except they have the open-gl core so there are some other options that the 4s can't do.. the question becomes how different is the pch from the player/device that ipkg was original made for.. it might be expecting certain install locations available to it, or certain things to remain after a reboot. and some of them were made for hacked roms on other systems so they are nothing like a stock firmware.

[vaidyasr]

(10-20-2010 06:49 AM)accident Wrote:  All of the 4s have the same mips cpu core so they should run almost everything out there(42, 43, 45, etc). The 5's also ahve the same core except they have the open-gl core so there are some other options that the 4s can't do.. the question becomes how different is the pch from the player/device that ipkg was original made for.. it might be expecting certain install locations available to it, or certain things to remain after a reboot. and some of them were made for hacked roms on other systems so they are nothing like a stock firmware.

---

I quick tested a couple of them, they appear to install and work fine..

The install location for the above is entirely different from pch. Most of them installed in /var & /usr whereas for PCH it may be not be available after reboot.

[accident]

hmm, I think the openqnap project has a method to handle that. the pch and the qnap from an os standpoint are very close to each other. Let me see if I can find it.

[vaidyasr]

I-pkg updated with easy web interface. Have a look and let me know if you have any issues. You can even use it from C200 via webservices. Now 93+ packages are available. Soon perl, kaffe, jam, jikes, mika will be added.

[hadyhosny]

Thanks. What is the URL to access the web interface?

Hady

[vaidyasr]

(11-04-2010 05:18 AM)hadyhosny Wrote:  Thanks. What is the URL to access the web interface?

Hady

http://yourc200ip:9999/local_web/

[Fafner]

Is the "sync packages" in the web interfance meant to enable some autoupdate feature? I see that enabling it and pressing "Send query" it reverts back to "No".
Do programs autostart after having been installed? Do they start when the C-200 starts too? Would be handy to have some sort on indication in the web interface about what is currently running and what is not.
Already asked this in the aMule thread, anyways...are dependencies installed automatically? Can Utils be uninstalled or is it still needed by your other apps?


Edit: found what's needed for Download Manager but can't find the exact stuff you require...see that topic.

[vaidyasr]

Initially, you need to select yes and Submit to update the list of packages. Then select the required package to install. You can even do the filter for installed/updates & not-installed. You can do the search by entering any word of the package in the name filter.

[vaidyasr]

Make sure the directory /share/Apps/local is having recursive 777 permission, as the web based installation will be done by nobody.

[giovipi]

For sure I am doing something wrong but I cannot find the application among the available applications in CSI.
I then downloaded the package, extracted it and copied the resulting ipkg directory in \share\apps among the other installed apps.
I then restarted CSI and found the application "local 0.99.163-nmt2" installed but not running. I started it and I now can see the web page, but nothing happens submitting the query. I also changed to 777 thye permissions on the directory and files as you suggested.
Thanks
Giovanni