Opkg update error - wget (chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/generic/)

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello everyone,

I am trying to install a package, hence running first opkg update, but I got the following error:

 opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
wget: not an http or ftp url: https://archive.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.
wget: not an http or ftp url: https://archive.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz.
wget: not an http or ftp url: https://archive.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz
Collected errors:
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz, wget returned 1.

I saw on this forum that it may be caused by wget, as I don't have wget-ssl.
By the way, this is what I get when I look for wget package:

opkg list | grep -i wget
wget_reboot - 1.0

As proposed by someone, I tried to dowload the package on my laptop and move it to my router to scp such that I can install it there, but I get the following error:

opkg install /tmp/wget-ssl_1.21.4-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
Unknown package 'wget-ssl'.
Collected errors:
 * pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate: Packages for wget-ssl found, but incompatible with the architectures configured
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package wget-ssl.

The error is obvious, the binaries are not meant for my device, but when looking for this package I only got two results, how am I supposed the find the right version for my device.

By the way, this where I downloaded the package:
Wget-ssl Download (IPK) (pkgs.org)

I tried wget-ssl_1.21.4-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk OpenWrt 22.03 Download (pkgs.org) and this one wget-ssl_1.21.4-1_x86_64.ipk OpenWrt 22.03 Download (pkgs.org).

Any hints ?

Thanks

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upgrade, 6 or 7 years ago, if it's a device supported by openwrt.
if not, we can't really help you.

3

Despite having found my device on the list, I get as error that the upgrade file is incompatible. I will see what I can do about it.

4

What is the device?

ubus call system board
5

Well, your outdated ancient release has been moved to the archive server, and apparently the redirection sets https, which you do not support.

You might need to download the packages first to your PC, and then move to the router for manual opkg installation.

He/she likely meant that download the actual package .ipk that you want to install, not wget.

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Don't know which router you have, but it appears to be an ar71xx architecture. Then you have to install a package from this directory and not from aarch64 (which is not even available for Chaos Calmer?)