[Entware-ng TO 3x UPDATE] Mandatory / How-to

[father.mande]

Hi,

Entware (ng, 3x) have decided to MERGE the feeds (repository of package)
... 3x is just to remember that you need to have a 3.2+ kernel to use this updated version
... Entware-ng feed is ABANDONED so not updated any more ... you MUST update (for new install at this time ... install OLD Entware-ng APKG and follow the procedure OR wait to next update of APKG ONLY for fresh install)
... x86 32 bits are not supported in Entware-3x version ... sorry ... or ask to the developer ...

[How-to]
Armv7 series (ex. AS1002T) ... simplest case ... open a root / your password terminal
... 1 verify that your kernel is 3.2 and +

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root@AS1002TAPHIL:/volume1/.@root # uname -r
3.10.70
root@AS1002TAPHIL:/volume1/.@root #

... 2 do twice (as indicate during the process)
opkg update
opkg upgrade
... and AGAIN ... first change the opkg feed address, second run update
opkg update
opkg upgrade
... 3 in RARE case you can see some upgrade error ... in this case you have to reinstall manually packages ex. : fex zope-interface package changed name after it was added to openwrt

It's ALL ...

X86_64 series ( a little more complicated) ... open a root / your password terminal (HERE it's my AS5002T) LONG part is only verification at each step
... 1 verify that your kernel is 3.2 and +

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root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root # uname -r
4.4.24
root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root #

... 2 verify your architecture (if you are not sure) YOU MUST SEE IN FIRST LINE : x86-64

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root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root # cat /opt/etc/opkg.conf
src/gz packages http://entware.zyxmon.org/binaries/x86-64
dest root /
dest ram /opt/tmp
lists_dir ext /opt/var/opkg-lists
option tmp_dir /opt/tmp
root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root #

... 3 GET the new opkg.conf : wget http://bin.entware.net/x64-k3.2/installer/opkg.conf -O /opt/etc/opkg.conf

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root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root # wget http://bin.entware.net/x64-k3.2/installer/opkg.conf -O /opt/etc/opkg.conf
--2018-03-19 16:57:20--  http://bin.entware.net/x64-k3.2/installer/opkg.conf
Resolving bin.entware.net (bin.entware.net)... 81.4.123.217
Connecting to bin.entware.net (bin.entware.net)|81.4.123.217|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 182 [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: '/opt/etc/opkg.conf'

100%[===================================================================================================>] 182         --.-K/s   in 0s

2018-03-19 16:57:20 (14.9 MB/s) - '/opt/etc/opkg.conf' saved [182/182]

root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root #

... 4 verify

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root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root # cat /opt/etc/opkg.conf
src/gz entware http://bin.entware.net/x64-k3.2
dest root /
dest ram /opt/tmp
lists_dir ext /opt/var/opkg-lists
option tmp_dir /opt/tmp
arch all 100
arch x64-3.x 150
arch x64-3.2 160
root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root #

... 5 Replace the architecture name by the correct one ...
... ... replace x64-3.x by x86-64 (as previous) and verify (here example using sed ... but using your favorite editor is also a good idea ...)

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root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root #  sed s/x64-3.x/x86-64/ /opt/etc/opkg.conf > temp.conf
root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root #  mv temp.conf /opt/etc/opkg.conf
root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root # cat /opt/etc/opkg.conf
src/gz entware http://bin.entware.net/x64-k3.2
dest root /
dest ram /opt/tmp
lists_dir ext /opt/var/opkg-lists
option tmp_dir /opt/tmp
arch all 100
arch x86-64 150
arch x64-3.2 160
root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root #

... 6 do the update then upgrade as usual
opkg update
opkg upgrade
$$$$$$ if you have modified the /opt/etc/profile ... please merge with the new one renamed profile-opkg at upgrade
... 7 LAST update some symlinks (in case) ... only no-existing link was created ... : wget http://bin.entware.net/other/symlinks.sh -O- | sh

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root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root # wget http://bin.entware.net/other/symlinks.sh -O- | sh
--2018-03-19 17:08:37--  http://bin.entware.net/other/symlinks.sh
Resolving bin.entware.net (bin.entware.net)... 81.4.123.217
Connecting to bin.entware.net (bin.entware.net)|81.4.123.217|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1003 [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: 'STDOUT'

100%[===================================================================================================>] 1,003       --.-K/s   in 0.02s

2018-03-19 17:08:38 (63.5 KB/s) - written to stdout [1003/1003]

root@AS5002TaPhil:/volume1/.@root #

It's ALL ... you use the new feed and new libraries

Philippe.
NB I will write a shell script ... if I have time ....