And it seems the repository http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/packages/ in not set-up "by default" in OpenWRT 18.06.x (similar to /etc/apt/sources.list) -> I can't use, for example, "opkg install picocom" (which has no problems with dependencies) after a fresh installation on my Western Digital N750 router.
That's a lil bit strange in my opinion. Where can i define the repository path for "opkg install PACKAGE_NAME" (similar to debian /etc/apt/sources.list) ? Is it not pre-defined by default for OpenWRT?
"libncurses" does not exist in that repository, in no way.
And coreutils-base64 is not the required "runtime" package i think, base64 is an encoding/decoding algorithm i would say. (or is it the runtime package for 64 bit systems?)
I can't see any coreutils package, concrete i mean just "coreutils".
and i don't understand what the asterisk (*) means in "libncurses *" or "coreutils *".
Very basic packages are included in the system, e.g. "kmod-usb2" or "usbutils". They will not be downloaded from the internet because they are somewhere on the local system...
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_core
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_base
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_luci
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_packages
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/routing/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_routing
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/routing/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_telephony
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
root@OpenWrt:~#