If you are using a snapshot / trunk / bleeding edge version, installing packages may fail if the package in the repository is for a newer kernel version than the kernel version you have. To ignore dependency errors, pass the -force-depends flag. Missing dependencies with third-party packages are probably available from the source of the package. The package manager opkg attempts to resolve dependencies with packages in the repositories - if this fails, it will report an error and abort the installation of that package.

Opkg is sometimes called Entware, as it is also the package manager used by the Entware repository for embedded devices (itself a fork of OpenWrt's community packages repository). Opkg is a full package manager for the root file system, including kernel modules and drivers, while ipkg is just a way to add software to a separate directory (e.g. Opkg is a fork of ipkg, the package manager used in NSLU2's Optware (archive link), which is designed to add software to stock firmware of embedded devices. The opkg utility is the lightweight package manager used for this job. Into the /tmp/luci-offline-packages dir for offline installation.Like most Linux distributions (or mobile device operating systems like say Android or iOS), the functionality of the system can be upgraded rather significantly by downloading and installing pre-made packages from package repositories (local or on the Internet). I read the offline install instructions here, but am still having some trouble with this and can't quite determine what I am overlooking.

I am currently stuck trying to install the GUI which seems not to have been included with the image for my router. Same thing on other installations I've used but this is unacceptable on this particular router so I'm looking to OpenWRT as a solution.Įverything went as expected having followed the instructions here but since there is already a router on my internal network with ip address 192.168.1.1, this will be an offline install. I've used DDWRT on this particular router for over a year to serve as a repeater bridge and it's worked well except that the TX power is stuck wide open at 71mw.

I've recently attempted to switch from DDWRT to OpenWRT on an ASUS RT-N10+.

Openwrt download ipk from web