AX-1800: How can I retain opkg packages in the terminal?

[skatebiker]

I want to update the firmware to 48.3, but I think all extra opkg packages I installed will be removed.
I now made a backup of e.g. private / public keys and made a list of instlled packages which I found here:

[Solved] OPKG - How to list only packages that I have installed?

Do opkg list > current-opkg-list.txt. Backup your present install and then do fresh install and immediately opkg list > fresh-opkg-list.txt. The difference will give you some info but not necessarily reveal which packages were installed as dependencies.

and have this:

ls /overlay/upper/usr/lib/opkg/info/*.list | sed -e 's/.*\///' | sed -e 's/\.list//' | grep -v luci       

results:

bash
glib2
htop
libcbor0
libevdev
libffi
libfido2-1
libmount1
libpcap1
libpcre2
libssh2-1
libudev-zero
mc
nano
nmap
openssh-keygen
openssh-server
openssh-sftp-server
rpcd-mod-rrdns
ucode-mod-html

• Is there a way to retain these packages at update ?
• otherwise, can I just do opkg install <the above list> to restore them ?

[psherman]

@skatebiker

I want to update the firmware to 48.3

There is no such version of OpenWrt from the official project... what firmware are you trying to install? What is on your device now (ubus call system board)?