Install an .ipk package without having the ipkg package management system (for end-users) - Revision history

Ramuk at 22:22, 30 July 2006

Ramuk — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:22:01 GMT

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-	## Become root	+	* Become root
	su -<br>		su -<br>
-	## Download the package. E.g.	+	* Download the package. E.g.
	mkdir /tmp/inst		mkdir /tmp/inst
	cd /tmp/inst		cd /tmp/inst
	wget http://''url-of-package/package''.ipk<br>		wget http://''url-of-package/package''.ipk<br>
-	## Unpack the ipk outer wrapper	+	* Unpack the ipk outer wrapper
	tar xvfz ''package''.ipk<br>		tar xvfz ''package''.ipk<br>
-	## Unpack the control file	+	* Unpack the control file
	tar xvfz control.tar.gz<br>		tar xvfz control.tar.gz<br>
-	## Look for scripts such as preinst and postinst	+	* Look for scripts such as preinst and postinst
-	## Run the preinst script, if any	+	* Run the preinst script, if any
	./preinst<br>		./preinst<br>
-	## Unpack the main tarball under /	+	* Unpack the main tarball under /
	cd /		cd /
	tar xvfz /tmp/inst/data.tar.gz<br>		tar xvfz /tmp/inst/data.tar.gz<br>
-	## Run the postinst script, if any	+	* Run the postinst script, if any
	cd /tmp/inst		cd /tmp/inst
	./postinst<br>		./postinst<br>
-	## Cleanup	+	* Cleanup
	cd /tmp		cd /tmp
	rm -rf inst		rm -rf inst

89.52.195.233 at 18:17, 30 July 2006

89.52.195.233 — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:17:36 GMT

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	## Become root		## Become root
-	su -	+	su -<br>
-	## ~~Unpack~~ the ~~ipk outer wrapper~~	+	## Download the package. E.g.
	mkdir /tmp/inst		mkdir /tmp/inst
	cd /tmp/inst		cd /tmp/inst
-	~~tar xvfz~~ ''package''.ipk	+	wget http://''url-of-package/package''.ipk<br>
-		+	## Unpack the ipk outer wrapper
		+	tar xvfz ''package''.ipk<br>
	## Unpack the control file		## Unpack the control file
-	tar xvfz control.tar.gz	+	tar xvfz control.tar.gz<br>
-		+
	## Look for scripts such as preinst and postinst		## Look for scripts such as preinst and postinst
	## Run the preinst script, if any		## Run the preinst script, if any
-	./preinst	+	./preinst<br>
	## Unpack the main tarball under /		## Unpack the main tarball under /
	cd /		cd /
-	tar xvfz /tmp/inst/data.tar.gz	+	tar xvfz /tmp/inst/data.tar.gz<br>
-		+
	## Run the postinst script, if any		## Run the postinst script, if any
	cd /tmp/inst		cd /tmp/inst
-	./postinst	+	./postinst<br>
-		+
	## Cleanup		## Cleanup
	cd /tmp		cd /tmp
	rm -rf inst		rm -rf inst

-		+	The above commands just peels of the different archive wrappers, as explained in the other '''ipkg''' articles, and unpacks the files into the file tree. What it doesn't do is to record what has been installed. So uninstalling the data can be quite cumbersome.
-	The above commands just peels of the different archive wrappers, as explained in the other '''ipkg''' articles.	+

	[[Category:General]]		[[Category:General]]
	[[Category:Ipkg]]		[[Category:Ipkg]]

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Ramuk — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:11:55 GMT

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Ramuk at 00:18, 21 July 2006

Ramuk — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:18:14 GMT

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Mindbender — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:07:46 GMT

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	In case you somehow obtained an '''.ipk''' package which you want to install, but if you don't have the ipkg package management system installed (or it is not working), the following are the steps to manually install an '''.ipk''' package:		In case you somehow obtained an '''.ipk''' package which you want to install, but if you don't have the ipkg package management system installed (or it is not working), the following are the steps to manually install an '''.ipk''' package:

Ramuk at 23:58, 25 June 2006

Ramuk — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:58:28 GMT

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	The above commands just peels of the different archive wrappers, as explained in the other '''ipkg''' articles.		The above commands just peels of the different archive wrappers, as explained in the other '''ipkg''' articles.
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		+	[[Category:Ipkg]]

Bauldrick at 13:55, 15 June 2006

Bauldrick — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:55:52 GMT

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In case you somehow obtained an '''.ipk''' package which you want to install, but if you don't have the ipkg package management system installed (or it is not working), the following are the steps to manually install an '''.ipk''' package:

## Become root
su -
## Unpack the ipk outer wrapper
mkdir /tmp/inst
cd /tmp/inst
tar xvfz ''package''.ipk

## Unpack the control file
tar xvfz control.tar.gz

## Look for scripts such as preinst and postinst
## Run the preinst script, if any
./preinst
## Unpack the main tarball under /
cd /
tar xvfz /tmp/inst/data.tar.gz

## Run the postinst script, if any
cd /tmp/inst
./postinst

## Cleanup
cd /tmp
rm -rf inst

The above commands just peels of the different archive wrappers, as explained in the other '''ipkg''' articles.