NOTE: This page is for SlugOS 4.8 ONLY, do NOT use this procedure with SlugOS 5.3!

1. feed=http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugos4be/cross/unstable

$ su
# feed=http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable
# ipk_name=`wget -qO- $feed/Packages | awk '/^Filename: ipkg-opt/ {print $2}'`
# wget $feed/$ipk_name
# tar -xOvzf $ipk_name ./data.tar.gz | tar -C / -xzvf -
# sed -i -e 's|/stable|/unstable|' /opt/etc/ipkg.conf

# /opt/bin/ipkg-opt update
# /opt/bin/ipkg-opt list
# /opt/bin/ipkg-opt install <pkg_foo> <pkg_bar> ...

Manual bootstrap (here bootstrap means to setup ipkg without using ipkg):

To install package after bootstrapping (replace <pkg_foo> <pkg_bar> with your package name):

 # /opt/bin/ipkg-opt update
 # /opt/bin/ipkg-opt list
 # /opt/bin/ipkg-opt install <pkg_foo> <pkg_bar> ...

It's important to make sure you specify the command clearly (explicitly with full path if you do not have the PATH including /opt/bin).

Keep in mind the following:

• Make sure your environmental variables, like PATH, are updated to include your /opt directories, like /opt/bin. Otherwise, /opt installed utils & shared libraries may not be found. ie. by adding the /opt/bin path to /etc/profile
• ALWAYS check to see if a package is available via the ipkg command first, before installing it using ipkg-opt. It shouldn't cause a problem, but it just makes sense. Version & library compatibility issues plague users even for the standard Linux distributions.

As always, please direct questions to the appropriate mailing list, or use the IRC channels.

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<WDTY> ola,sort one...can someone tell me what bootstrapping means?

<WDTY> ah,okay. but what do I have to do with the above instruction?

<WDTY> ola,sort one...can someone tell me what bootstrapping means?

<eno> in this particular case, you wget and tar extract

[extra info] For some people (like me), which don`t know what bootstrapping means and dont know what to do with the above script lines: sort explanation go to the last line,otherwise read on!

<WDTY> ola,sort one...can someone tell me what bootstrapping means? (yeah,red the wiki and google is my friend also, but I mean it in the following context: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/Slugosbe ) <eno> in the context of http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/Slugosbe it means installing /opt/bin/ipkg and all dependencies so you can start using ipkg. WDTY> ah,okay. but what do I have to do with the above instruction? <eno> the basic problem is that you cannot install ipkg with ipkg. <Reedy_Boy> "In computing, bootstrapping refers to a process where a simple system activates another more complicated system that serves the same purpose." <Reedy_Boy> yeah, you need to get something on so you can get into something else. eno> in this particular case, you wget and tar extract <eno> on other platforms, it's more automated, you bootstrap ipkg by running a self-extracting xsh (shell) script <WDTY> okay,first I use vi or some to copy/past it in a file ,then chmod,then run? <WDTY> "./bootstrap-bla.sh" <eno> yeah, that works, you can also copy/paste/execute (the above lines) line by line.

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 # feed=http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable
 # ipk_name=`wget -qO- $feed/Packages | awk '/^Filename: ipkg-opt/ {print $2}'`
 # wget $feed/$ipk_name

• Make sure your environmental variables, like PATH, are updated to include your /opt directories, like /opt/bin. Otherwise, /opt installed utils & shared libraries may not be found. ie. by adding the /opt/bin path to /etc/profile

It's important to make sure you specify the command clearly (explicitly with full path if you do not have the PATH including /opt/bin).

It's important to make sure you specify the command clearly (explicitly with full path if you do not have the PATH including /opt/bin). For /opt/bin/update-alternatives to work, it's recommended to have /opt/bin ahead of /usr/bin in PATH, at least for the shell session running /opt/bin/ipkg-opt.

This is an Optware feed for SlugOS/BE (used to be called OpenSlug), with the same toolchain as SlugOS/BE. See SlugosbeDevel to learn how to develop for it.

 # ipk_name=`wget -qO- http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable/Packages \ 

As always, please direct questions to the appropriate mailing list, or use the IRC channels.

Question: Where to get help if it does not work this way?

• ALWAYS check to see if a package is available via the ipkg command first, before installing it using ipkg-opt. It shouldn't cause a problem, but it just makes sense. Version & library compatibility issues plague users even for the standard Linux distributions.

Question: Where to get help if it will not work this way?

 # ipk_name=`wget -qO- http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable/Packages.gz \ 
   | gunzip -d \ 

 # ipk_name=`wget -qO- http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable/Packages.gz    | gunzip -d    | awk '/^Filename: ipkg-opt/ {print $2}'`

 # ipk_name=`wget -qO- http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable/Packages.gz | gunzip -d | awk '/^Filename: ipkg-opt/ {print $2}'`
 # wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable/$ipk_name
 # tar -xOvzf $ipk_name ./data.tar.gz | tar -C / -xzvf -

This is a new Optware feed for SlugOS/BE (used to be called OpenSlug), with the same toolchain as SlugOS/BE. See SlugosbeDevel to learn how to develop for it.

This is a new Optware feed for SlugOS/BE (used to be called OpenSlug), with the same toolchain as SlugOS/BE. See SlugosbeDevel to learn how to develop for it.

This is a new Optware feed for SlugOS/BE (used to be called OpenSlug), with the same toolchain as SlugOS/BE. See SlugosbeDevel to learn how to develop for it.

 # wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable/ipkg-opt_0.99.163-9_armeb.ipk

• ALWAYS check to see if a package is available via the ipkg command first, before installing it using ipkg-opt. It shouldn't cause a problem, but it just makes sense. Version & library compatibility issues plague users even for the standard Linux distributions.

It's important to make sure you specify the command clearly (explicitly with full path if you do not have the PATH including /opt/bin).

Keep in mind the following:

• Make sure your environmental variables, like PATH, are updated to include your /opt directories, like /opt/bin. Otherwise, /opt installed utils & shared libraries may not be found.
• ALWAYS check to see if a package is available via the ipkg command first, before installing it from ipkg-opt. It shouldn't cause a problem, but it just makes sense. Version & library compatibility issues plague users even for the standard Linux distributions.

It's important to make sure you specify the command clearly (explicitly with full path, or set the PATH to include /opt/bin ).

This is a new Optware feed for slugosbe (used to be called openslug), with the same toolchain as slugosbe. See SlugosbeDevel for how to development for it.

 # sed -i -e 's|/stable|/unstable|' /opt/etc/ipkg.conf

1. /usr/bin/ipkg
2. /opt/bin/ipkg-opt

1. /usr/bin/ipkg 1. /opt/bin/ipkg-opt

This is a new Optware feed for openslug, with the same toolchain as openslug. See SlugosbeDevel for how to development for it.

 # /opt/bin/ipkg install <pkg_foo> <pkg_bar> ...

After bootstrapping, we have two independent ipkg commands and two sets of packages:

 1. /usr/bin/ipkg
 1. /opt/bin/ipkg-opt

it's important to make sure you specify the command clearly (explicitly with full path, or set the PATH).

This is a new Optware feed for openslug, with the same toolchain as openslug.

This is a new Optware feed with the same toolchain as openslug.

Manual bootstrap:

 $ su
 # wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable/ipkg-opt_0.99.163-8_armeb.ipk
 # tar -xOvzf ipkg-opt_*_armeb.ipk ./data.tar.gz | tar -C / -xzvf -
 # sed -ie 's|/stable|/unstable|' /opt/etc/ipkg.conf
 # /opt/bin/ipkg update
 # /opt/bin/ipkg install <pkg_foo> <pkg_bar> ...