using opkg

[Luis-Johannes Schubert]

I tried updating opkg.
This is the ouput. What does that error mean?

root@Omega-08ED:/# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_base.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/onion/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/onion/Packages.sig.
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Collected errors:
 \* opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/onion/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
 \* opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/onion/Packages.sig, wget returned 8.

[T NT]

From the wget man page exit status 8 is

Server issued an error response.

EDIT: You repo string is wrong there is no /generic/packages/onion path on downloads.openwrt.org. it is just generic/packages/packages.

Good luck.

[Boken Lin]

@Luis-Johannes-Schubert @T-NT There seems to be some issue with OpenWRT's repos. We'll have our own repo soon, so this problem should be fixed. But for now, just do the following:

vi /etc/opkg.conf

Remove the last line because there is an issue with checking the signatures, and save the file.

opkg update

[Marc R]

I'm still getting this error!

Collected errors: * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/onion/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.

any fixes yet? I'd like to start playing with my new "toy"

[Marc R]

Turns out mine shipped with old firmware and an update is what I needed.

Hopefully you guys get on top of creating more detailed tutorials and getting started guides.

[Lazar Demin]

@Marc-R Whoops, looks like we left out the steps to update the firmware in the Get Started guide when we migrated it to the wiki.

Sorry bout that, It's updated now!

[Donald Wright]

@Boken-Lin after 'vi /etc/opkg.conf' I get '-ash: /bin/vi: Exec format error'

[Luciano S.]

@Donald-Wright :

https://community.onion.io/topic/93/signature-check-failed-var-opkg-lists-chaos_calmer_packages/9