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Entware-ng
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Please update wiki with instructions for using on openwrt/Lede #832

Closed ngoonee closed 6 years ago

ngoonee commented 6 years ago

I'm using Lede (currently on a Xiaomi Mi Wifi 3G). Previously was using asuswrt-merlin with entware and very happy with it (both Huawei WS880 routers are still running that).

Was disappointed with the package selection on Lede (no syncthing or rsnapshot) so I managed to get entware's packages using the following steps (e.g. for rsnapshot):-

  1. Create /opt (required to install entware) mkdir /opt

  2. Install entware-ng (MIPS version) wget -O - http://pkg.entware.net/binaries/mipsel/installer/installer.sh | sh

  3. Run the install opkg using /opt/bin/opkg /opt/bin/opkg install rsnapshot

  4. Run rsnapshot using /opt/bin/rsnapshot

Could this be updated to the wiki? Also, since Lede is using opkg itself (and in fact as far as I can tell entware-ng is derived from openwrt's work) is there a more direct way than maintaining a separate set of binaries in /opt (for e.g. could users add a feed to /etc/pkg/customfeeds.conf?)

zyxmon commented 6 years ago

I think wiki has enough information on installation. I have written a short post (Russian) on using entware with lede - http://www.zyxmon.org/2017/08/16/ustanavlivaem-entware-na-ledeopenwrt/ If someone translates it into English, I can add url to this translation in wiki. I strongly recommend Entware-3x for modern lede firmwares.

ngoonee commented 6 years ago

@zyxmon thanks, the guide looks similar to what I've done except for including /etc/profile. Why Entware-3x though, this is the first I've heard of it.

zyxmon commented 6 years ago

Entware-ng is designed to support old devices with kernel 2.6.22. It has some limitations because of old kernel. Entware-3x is for devices with kernel 3.x. It has more packages and newer versons of some packages.