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opkg local package installation



  • I am having space problems in my omega2 +, when I send a package I can not change the default place of installation.
    trying to change the installation place I inserted the place in the command line, and did not work, this line "opkg install somepackage -d destination_name"
    I also changed the file /etc/opkg.conf which defauls is this way below, but to no avail.

    dest root /
    dest ram /tmp
    lists_dir ext /var/opkg-lists
    option overlay_root /tmp
    option check_signature 1

    need to change the installation location of the packages in order to install more packages



  • Hello,
    from the output of opkg --help you can see this information:

    -d <dest_name>
    Use <dest_name> as the the root directory for package installation, removal, upgrading. <dest_name> should be a defined dest name from the configuration file, (but can also be a directory name in a pinch).
    

    So, I edited my /etc/opkg.conf adding a dest name called opkg_test for /tmp folder; My etc/opkg.conf now is:

    dest root /
    dest ram /tmp
    dest opkg_test /tmp
    lists_dir ext /var/opkg-lists
    option overlay_root /overlay
    option check_signature 1
    

    Then, I've copied a package (transmission-web_2.92+git-4_mipsel_24kc.ipk) in /tmp/ to make a test, and launched opkg this way:

    opkg install -d opkg_test /tmp/transmission-web_2.92\+git-4_mipsel_24kc.ipk
    Installing transmission-web (2.92+git-4) to opkg_test...
    Configuring transmission-web.
    

    and if you make a find of "transmission*" on /, you can see that it's installed under /tmp/:

    root@Omega-D339:/# find / -name "transmission*"
    /tmp/transmission-web_2.92+git-4_mipsel_24kc.ipk
    /tmp/usr/share/transmission
    /tmp/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission
    /tmp/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/transmission.js
    /tmp/usr/lib/opkg/info/transmission-web.list
    /tmp/usr/lib/opkg/info/transmission-web.prerm
    /tmp/usr/lib/opkg/info/transmission-web.postinst
    /tmp/usr/lib/opkg/info/transmission-web.control
    root@Omega-D339:/#
    

    To remove the package, simply run: opkg remove -d opkg_test transmission-web (it prints an error because it's looking for a file in /usr/lib/opkg/info/... but the package is correclty removed)

    Hope this helps,
    Paolo


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