This is an Optware fork. It targets to be firmware-independent and currently supports hard-float ARMv7, I686, x86_64, PowerPC 603e and soft-float ARMv5, ARMv7 EABI, MIPSEL and PowerPC e500v2 targets. Feeds building and hosting resources are kindly provided by Nas-Admin.org project.
Now that Optware-ng is official, we're looking for developers and wiki writers. If you're willing to give it a go, please see 'Contributing to project and building from source' and 'Writing Optware-ng end-user instructions' sections below.
If you are having issues with installing packages, similar to #106, you need to upgrade your ipkg package manager.
Some changes have been recently made to the packaging system:
To upgrade the packager, simply run the bootstrap script proper for your target (see the 'Getting started' section) -- this will not affect your installed packages. After that, just use ipkg (or ipkg-static) command as you used it before the upgrade.
Optware-ng feeds have moved to http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng. Please run this command to update ipkg configuration if you installed Optware-ng prior to this announcement:
sed -i -e 's|optware-ng\.zyxmon\.org/|ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/|' /opt/etc/ipkg.conf
ipkg updateipkg update
ipkg -force-reinstall install `ipkg list_installed|cut -d ' ' -f1`The instructions below only download, unpack and configure the package manager ipkg. You must previously make sure that /opt is writable, by preparing USB storage or router's jffs partition (for routers that support them), or symlink/mount-bind /opt to a location on your data volume (e.g., for a NAS). If you have MIPSEL/ARM Asus router running Asuswrt-Merlin firmware, check out How To Install New Generation Optware guide by @TeHashX. If you owe a QNAP box, check out Qnap Optware-NG by @satfreak.
To bootstrap the feed, connect over SSH/Telnet and type:
ARMv7 EABI hardfloat: (Use this if you have a modern ARM device with FPU, e.g., a NAS)
wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-armeabihf-bootstrap.sh | shARMv7 EABI softfloat: (Use this for a modern ARM device without FPU, e.g., an ARMv7 router)
wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-armeabi-ng-bootstrap.sh | shARMv5 EABI (use this if running a more recent linux, 2.6.36.4 or newer):
wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-armv5eabi-ng-bootstrap.sh | shARMv5 EABI legacy (built with 2.6.22 kernel headers, use for devices that run old kernels):
wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-armv5eabi-ng-legacy-bootstrap.sh | shMIPSEL:
wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-mipsel-ng-bootstrap.sh | shPowerPC 603e:
wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-ppc-603e-bootstrap.sh | shPowerPC e500v2:
wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/ct-ng-ppc-e500v2-bootstrap.sh | shI686:
wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-i686-bootstrap.sh | shx86_64:
wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-x86_64-bootstrap.sh | shipkg package manager will be bootstrapped and configured. See available packages:
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin
/opt/bin/ipkg update
/opt/bin/ipkg listInstall desired ones:
/opt/bin/ipkg install nano mcContribution is always welcomed. These wiki pages contain useful info to get you started:
Currently, the project is missing writers who would contribute by creating how-to's for end-users. We can setup a mediawiki with the help of nas-admin.org guys, but we need people to fill it. In case you are willing to contribute by writing how-to's, please contact me on #optware IRC channel on irc.freenode.net, nickname alllexx. If I'm away, you can PM me, and I'll reach you later.
buildroot-x86_64 feed added
buildroot-ppc-603e feed rebuilt with 2.6.32 kernel headers to support WD My Book Live NASes
ct-ng-ppc-e500v2 feed rebuilt with 2.6.32 kernel headers to support Synology PowerPC e500v2 NASes
New ct-ng-ppc-e500v2 feed is now online. This is a softfloat PowerPC e500v2 gcc-5.3.0, glibc-2.23, linux-3.2.66 feed.
buildroot-armve5eabi-ng-legacy feed is now ARMv5 gcc-5.3.0, uClibc-ng-1.0.13, linux-2.6.22. Proper QNAP TS-109Pro support is not feasible until the custom 2.6.12 kernel source used there are made available.
buildroot-armve5eabi-ng-legacy feed added. This is ARMv5 gcc-5.3.0, uClibc-ng-1.0.12, linux-2.6.12 feed. It targets older ARMv5 devices, like QNAP TS-109Pro.
Optware-ng is now official. Feeds are built and hosted by Nas-Admin.org project. See http://jenkins.nas-admin.org/view/Optware
buildroot-mipsel-ng feed, rebuilt with 2.6.22.19 kernel headers using kernel from the wl500g project, is now online.
New buildroot-ppc-603e is now online. This is a hardfloat PowerPC 603e gcc-5.2.0, glibc-2.21, linux-3.2.66 feed.
New buildroot-armv5eabi-ng feed is now online. This is a softfloat ARMv5 gcc-5.2.0, uClibc-ng-1.0.6, linux-2.6.36.4 feed. It targets ARMv5 devices with EABI interface, like older ARM NASes or android devices.
New buildroot-armeabihf feed is now online. This is a hardfloat ARMv7 gcc-5.2.0, glibc-2.21, linux-3.2.66 feed. It targets ARMv7 devices with FPUs, like most modern android devices or ARM NASes, and gives significant performance boost on such devices compared to softfloat.
New buildroot-armeabi-ng and buildroot-mipsel-ng feeds should now be used for softfloat ARMv7 and MIPSEL devices. These are uClibc-ng-1.0.6 gcc-5.2.0 targets. Look above for instructions on migrating from now deprecated buildroot-armeabi and buildroot-mipsel feeds.
Upgrade buildroot-armeabi, buildroot-i686 and buildroot-mipsel toolchains to gcc-5.2.0 to support all C++14 language features. libc versions and configs and kernel headers versions left the same to not brake compatibility with previously built binaries. Also use "--with-default-libstdcxx-abi=gcc4-compatible" libstdc++ configure switch for the same purpose. Buildroot-2015.08 is now used to build the toolchains.
New buildroot-i686 target added. This is a gcc-4.9.2, glibc-2.20, linux-3.2.66 feed. It mainly targets modern Intel headless devices, such as NASes.
Now buildroot-mipsel target added. It is similar to buildroot-armeabi, but targets mipsel softfloat (mips32r2) devices.