How to remove LuCI with the Image Generator?

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#1

Hi,

the release images of LEDE contain all the required packages for the web interface LuCI (uhttpd, luci-*). How can I exclude these packages from images when using the LEDE Image Generator (say for version 17.01.4) to generate them?

The Wiki mentions how to add LuCI with this package list:
uhttpd uhttpd-mod-ubus libiwinfo-lua luci-base luci-app-firewall luci-mod-admin-full luci-theme-bootstrap
But if I remove all these package, are there any unused dependencies left? :thinking:

Thanks!

Timo

#2

See the LEDE documentation...

https://lede-project.org/docs/user-guide/imagebuilder#packages_variable

#3

Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I know how to use the Image Generator and how to include or exclude packages. My question is which packages do I have to exclude in order to remove luci, uhttp from the image (and all their dependencies that become obsolete when LuCI isn't needed).

#4

It wasnt' clear...you asked how, so....

These are the LuCI packages that are installed by default...

luci
luci-app-firewall
luci-base
luci-lib-ip
luci-lib-jsonc
luci-lib-nixio
luci-mod-admin-full
luci-proto-ipv6
luci-proto-ppp
luci-theme-bootstrap

Start there.

#5

If you build your own firmware then LuCi is not selected by default.

#6

No. LuCI is entirely opt-in. If you do not specify any LuCI components in the PACKAGES=... variable then no parts of LuCI itself or any of its dependencies are selected.

#7

Oh, right. I assumed the image generator would have the same package selection as the released images. But I just tried again, and you are right, luci-* and uhttpd are not included. Great.

Thanks!