Building Packages for a Specific Firmware

Installing and Using OpenWrt
1

Hi;

I built a specific LEDE image which uses 'glibc' instead of default 'musl' for running on Raspberry Pi 3. The image is working fine but when I install a new package using 'opkg', I cannot run it and it throws an error. For instance, to install 'tar':

root@LEDE:~# opkg install tar
Package tar (1.29-3) installed in root is up to date.
root@LEDE:~# tar
-ash: tar: not found

How should I install my required packages?

Thanks in advance.

Bests,
Vahid

2

If you use glibc as library you will have no success with installed packages from openwrt package repo, because they are all build with musl c library...
You have to build all packages by yourself and probably host your own package repo.

1 Like
3

Thanks for your reply. How can I compile packages individually without compiling the whole image and then install them one by one on my current firmware?

Thanks.

4

In make menuconfig, be sure to check the option [*] Build the OpenWrt SDK, then build your firmware image. The resulting SDK allows you to build individual packages that are compatible with your customized firmware.

1 Like
5
1 Like