Opkg update error

kiank7 · December 1, 2024, 9:27pm

hi
i install OpenWrt on D-Link_DSP-W215 from links below:

https://magnuswedberg.com/index.php?doc=OpenWRT_on_a_D-Link_DSP-W215
https://openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dsp-w215

i want to install "uhttpd-mod-lua" package.
device has internet and i can ping www.google.com so dns is ok.

when i exec opkg update -> get this errors

Collected errors:

opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ath79/tiny/packages/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
and some more errors (new user can't post more than 8 links!)

the problem is the file "Packages.gz" not exists in the link "https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ath79/tiny/packages/"!
i try to download the "uhttpd-mod-lua" package and install it using (opkg install uhttpd-mod-lua.apk) command in the directory that copied the download file.
gave this error:
Unknown package 'uhttpd-mod-lua.apk'.
Collected errors:

opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package uhttpd-mod-lua.apk.

please help me installing this package 'uhttpd-mod-lua.apk'.
thanx

psherman · December 1, 2024, 9:34pm

Based on the info here, it seems that the device is not supported by the official project. You’ll have to ask the maintainer of the firmware you installed for help, as they would need to provide a corresponding repo of packages. Snapshot packages will not be compatible with that build.

kiank7 · December 1, 2024, 9:40pm

is there a way to install just this package 'uhttpd-mod-lua.apk'?
i only want to install one package.

psherman · December 1, 2024, 9:48pm

That would likely need to come from the person who provided the firmware image you are using. This, you need to ask them.

efahl · December 2, 2024, 12:24am

Not with what you have.

The biggest issue you're facing with that external build is that it's too old to work with anything, snapshots have eliminated opkg and are now apk only. Your old snapshot still has opkg so is not going to work with anything, ask them to rebase and rebuild on head, then you might be able to move forward.

porshuram · December 2, 2024, 1:58am

try following commands:

cd /etc/opkg
cp distfeeds.conf distfeeds.conf.original
rm distfeeds.conf
nano distfeeds.conf

and copy the following text and save it as distfeeds.conf

 
src/gz openwrt_base https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/mips_24kc/base
src/gz openwrt_luci https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/mips_24kc/luci
src/gz openwrt_packages https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/mips_24kc/packages
src/gz openwrt_routing https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/mips_24kc/routing
src/gz openwrt_telephony https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/mips_24kc/telephony

if that gives error try to downgrade the version 23.05.5 to close to your snapshot

i am not sure about routing and telephony. skip those if it arises error

and for the core try

src/gz openwrt_core https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/targets/ath79/tiny/packages

or in short
replace the "snapshots" in distfeeds.conf with releases/23.05.5 or any other stable release (it would be wise to use as older ones as the date when your snapshot firmware was released)

and then try
opkg update

[update]
if you get signature error (surely get) then edit the file /etc/opkg.conf

and remove the last line containing
option check_signature
and save it properly using nano

psherman · December 2, 2024, 2:09am

This is highly unlikely to work because the build was not generated by the official project. The hashes that are needed to install packages will not match.

porshuram · December 2, 2024, 2:14am

But the opkg tried to fetch from openwrt's official repository. It caused error because snapshot directory no longer contains opkg files.

which hashes does it compare to?

slh · December 2, 2024, 2:23am

Binary compatibility cannot be assumed, and is pretty much guaranteed not to be available for anything kernel related.

tl;dr: It's not going to work, at all - unless either the original maintainer of that fork, or you yourself rebases their changes on current OpenWrt and builds a fresh image (containing everything you might want to use).