OPKG in UCI with script or batch

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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If I run OPKG update command manual and let it load and then install “something” in UCI it works.

But if I run the same commands in UCI with a script or batch run I always get error directly after the update command.

It feels like I need some type of “wait until done” command after each OPKG command. But what is that wait command in UCI?

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Could you provide a more specific example?

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Hello,

In this fresh example I will try to install adblock with batch function and openvpn-openssl by manually copy and paste in UCI.

First a manual opkg update:

root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/targets/mvebu/cortexa9/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_core
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/targets/mvebu/cortexa9/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/targets/mvebu/cortexa9/kmods/4.14.215-1-a92a3f5c5bed2671533484c7ace9d5b5/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_kmods
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/targets/mvebu/cortexa9/kmods/4.14.215-1-a92a3f5c5bed2671533484c7ace9d5b5/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/base/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_base
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/base/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/freifunk/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_freifunk
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/freifunk/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/luci/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_luci
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/luci/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_packages
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/routing/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_routing
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/routing/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/telephony/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_telephony
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/telephony/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.

Then manual install of openvpn-openssl:

root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install openvpn-openssl
Installing openvpn-openssl (2.4.7-2) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/base/openvpn-openssl_2.4.7-2_arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16.ipk
Installing kmod-tun (4.14.215-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/targets/mvebu/cortexa9/kmods/4.14.215-1-a92a3f5c5bed2671533484c7ace9d5b5/kmod-tun_4.14.215-1_arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16.ipk
Installing liblzo2 (2.10-2) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/base/liblzo2_2.10-2_arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16.ipk
Installing libopenssl1.1 (1.1.1i-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.6/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16/base/libopenssl1.1_1.1.1i-1_arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3-d16.ipk
Configuring kmod-tun.
Configuring liblzo2.
Configuring libopenssl1.1.
Configuring openvpn-openssl.
root@OpenWrt:~#

Then I try the same concept but with batch command:

root@OpenWrt:~# uci batch << EOF
> opkg update
> opkg install adblock
> EOF
Unknown command
Unknown command
root@OpenWrt:~#

And a little proof of concept of the batch command:

root@OpenWrt:~#  uci batch << EOF
> set network.lan.ipaddr='192.168.1.1'
> commit network
> EOF
root@OpenWrt:~#

I would like to have this automated function for my system update config set script or batch file (I haven't decided which type yet). But I can't get this opkg function to work???

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The same concept doesn't work since these tools are entirely different.
They support different features and operate on different objects.

UCI is a configuration manager, while Opkg is a package manager.
UCI operates configurations, while Opkg operates packages.

Opkg can invoke the same operation on multiple packages.
But Opkg doesn't support batch mode for different operations.

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You're probably confused by the uci's batch parameter and thinking it's an equivalnt of the batch-file in DOS/Windows. It isn't. The shell-script file is.

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opkg update
opkg install adblock

So if run this in a script file it will work?

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Yep, it should typically work assuming that:

  • Your device has working internet connectivity.
  • OpenWrt download servers are reachable.
  • You are using a supported OpenWrt release.
  • You have enough memory to run the command.
  • You have enough space to install the packages.
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