wireguard not install

fpigliacelli

hi, i have a problem with wireguard i can't install it on omega2 + and omega2 pro. this is the error message:

opkg install wireguard

Installing wireguard (1.0.20200611-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06-SNAPSHOT/packages/mipsel_24kc/base/wireguard_1.0.20200611-1_mipsel_24kc.ipk

Collected errors:

satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for wireguard:
kernel (= 4.14.206-1-da4f999cff891c50c6d11774cc24f4e2) * kernel (= 4.14.206-1-da4f999cff891c50c6d11774cc24f4e2) * kernel (= 4.14.206-1-da4f999cff891c50c6d11774cc24f4e2) *
opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package wireguard.

crispyoz

@fpigliacelli The error is a kernel version dependency check, but you can try to bypass it by forcing the install.

opkg --force-depends install kmod-wireguard
opkg --force-depends install wireguard

The alternative solution is to use the build system but i did a quick test and the above worked for me.

fpigliacelli

the packages seem to be installed but i can't find the kernel modules, wireguard as a client doesn't work

crispyoz

@fpigliacelli lsmod command will list the installed modules. Please be more specific about your issue, "wireguard as a client doesn't work" could mean anything. Is your computer turned on? How are you trying to run the client? What are you trying to connect to? What is the output of any command? What messages do you have in the logs?

It's hard to know how to help without sufficient information.

huntc

@crispyoz I found that I needed only:

opkg --force-depends install wireguard

...and that that incorporated the kernel module. Sound right? Thanks.

crispyoz

@huntc run modprobe wireguard to confirm the module is loaded. Check the logs using logread | grep wireguard to check for any errors, it should just report the module is loaded and the copyright.

Then use the wg command to configure as usual.

huntc

@crispyoz Yep, the module was loaded fine. Thanks.