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Package management - Openmoko http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Package_management Wiki Docs Planet Projects Lists Package management From Openmoko NB: Current (2008-04-04+) builds of Openmoko now come with the syntax compatible Opkg tool, not ipkg. TODO: Integrate useful content into Opkg as a usage section. (See: To-Do List) The practical way to install software on Openmoko is with the Ipkg package manager (http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/Ipkg) , possibly via the graphical Application Manager. Naturally, you need to have obtained an Openmoko system by other means initially. In the shell, "opkg update" will update the list of available packages, "opkg upgrade" will download and install all packages that have a newer version available and "ipkg install new-app" will download and install "new-app". Have a look at Users Repositories to get addresses of alternative software repositories, e.g. ScaredyCat's ipkg repository. Contents 1 History 2 Installing Packages to the Memory Card 2.1 Ext2 Formatted Memory Card 2.2 Entry in opkg.conf File 2.3 Installing Packages on the Card 1 of 4 10/16/2008 04:17 PM Package management - Openmoko http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Package_management 2.4 Linking/Using Packages on the Card 2.4.1 1: Ipkg Utils and ipkg-link 2.4.2 2: Adding the card PATH and LIB directories to your path History Ipkg re-implements for embedded systems the functionality of Debian tools dpkg, apt, and apt-get. For example, it uses much less disk space for the package metadata. Installing Packages to the Memory Card You can use ipkg to install packages to a folder on the memory card. To do this you'll need the following: Ext2 Formatted Memory Card By default, the memory card comes formated with VFAT (Windows Format). You need to re-format the card with EXT2. You will not be able to view the files on the card using a windows system after this. To check if your card is using vfat or ext, run the 'mount' command, and look for: /dev/mmcblk0p1 on /media/card. On the NEO, run the following: This will erase everything on your memory card umount /media/card fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 t 83 w mke2fs /dev/mmcblk0p1 mount /media/card Entry in opkg.conf File In your /etc/opkg.conf file, after "dest root /" add a new line: dest card /media/card/opkg Create /media/card/opkg folder 2 of 4 10/16/2008 04:17 PM Package management - Openmoko http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Package_management mkdir /media/card/opkg Installing Packages on the Card When installing a package, use the -d option to have the package installed into the "card" destination: opkg install -d card python-core This will put all files (binaries and libraries) on the card, under the folder specified in the ipkg.conf file. Linking/Using Packages on the Card Your system will not be able to see the packages that you just added to your card. There are two ways to remedy this. The better solution is to use ipkg-link from the 'ipkg-utils' package, but 'better' is always subjective - YMMV. 1: Ipkg Utils and ipkg-link Ipkg-utils is a package that provides some additional functionality for ipkg. A very useful tool is ipkg-link, which creates symbolic links for packages installed in non-root locations (such as a card) back to the root file system. To make this working with Opkg, you've simply to do: ln -s /etc/opkg.conf /etc/ipkg.conf ln -s /media/card/opkg/usr/lib/opkg /media/card/opkg/usr/lib/ipkg To get ipkg-utils, run: ipkg install ipkg-utils To create symbolic links to your root system for a specific package, run: ipkg-link add <package>. For example, for python-core use: ipkg-link add python-core To create symbolic links for all packages installed in a location, run: ipkg-link mount /media/card/ipkg 3 of 4 10/16/2008 04:17 PM Package management - Openmoko http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Package_management The ipkg-link remove and ipkg-link unmount commands remove the symlinks for a package or all packages. There is a list of the options for the ipkg command under "How do I use it?" here. (http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/Ipkg) 2: Adding the card PATH and LIB directories to your path Another way to add bin and lib files to your system is by modifying your environment variables in /etc/profile as follows: On the line that defines the PATH variable, add: PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/media/card/ipkg/usr/bin Then, before the 'export' line add: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/media/card/ipkg/usr/lib Then modify the 'export' line and add LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the end. This will let the system see the binary and library files, but it will not see other resources, such as images, configuration files, desktop files, etc. For this reason, ipkg-link is preferred. Retrieved from "http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Package_management" Category: ToDo This page was last modified 18:56, 15 October 2008. Content is available under GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. 4 of 4 10/16/2008 04:17 PM.