I noticed that the APK pkg filenames do not contain the ARCH unlike OPKG pkg filenames which do contain the ARCH. Why is that?
For example:
OPKG
VS
APK
Did you add that directory to your PATH? This is what the script is trying to suggest in the output.
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I got it now added this is my $PATH:
developer@DESKTOP-BELHTS7:~/openwrt$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/usr/lib/wsl/lib:/snap/bin:/home/developer/openwrt/staging_dir/host/bin
however now I'm getting other issues plus the ghn map becomes empty for me.
full output:
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developer@DESKTOP-BELHTS7:~/openwrt$ ./scripts/devolo-extract-ghn-packages ~/openwrt/devolo.bin ghn/
~/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root ~/openwrt
DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION
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0 0x0 Flattened device tree, size: 21804024 bytes, version: 17
24244 0x5EB4 Flattened device tree, size: 3426812 bytes, version: 17
24472 0x5F98 gzip compressed data, maximum compression, has original file name: "Image", from Unix, last modified: 2023-09-06 18:08:40
3047320 0x2E7F98 Flattened device tree, size: 18620 bytes, version: 17
3066220 0x2EC96C Flattened device tree, size: 18305 bytes, version: 17
3084808 0x2F1208 Flattened device tree, size: 30438 bytes, version: 17
3115528 0x2F8A08 Flattened device tree, size: 21482 bytes, version: 17
3137292 0x2FDF0C Flattened device tree, size: 24695 bytes, version: 17
3162268 0x30409C Flattened device tree, size: 18353 bytes, version: 17
3180904 0x308968 Flattened device tree, size: 24687 bytes, version: 17
3205872 0x30EAF0 Flattened device tree, size: 18197 bytes, version: 17
3224352 0x313320 Flattened device tree, size: 21422 bytes, version: 17
3246056 0x3187E8 Flattened device tree, size: 21691 bytes, version: 17
3268028 0x31DDBC Flattened device tree, size: 24855 bytes, version: 17
3293164 0x323FEC Flattened device tree, size: 18620 bytes, version: 17
3312064 0x3289C0 Flattened device tree, size: 24818 bytes, version: 17
3337164 0x32EBCC Flattened device tree, size: 27315 bytes, version: 17
3364760 0x335798 Flattened device tree, size: 24830 bytes, version: 17
3389872 0x33B9B0 Flattened device tree, size: 19144 bytes, version: 17
3409304 0x340598 Flattened device tree, size: 19028 bytes, version: 17
3428608 0x345100 Flattened device tree, size: 19148 bytes, version: 17
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root-0/var -> /tmp; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root-0/www/cgi-bin/config-backup -> /usr/libexec/base-cgi; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root-0/www/cgi-bin/data-upload -> /usr/libexec/base-cgi; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root-0/etc/fstab -> /tmp/fstab; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root-0/etc/mtab -> /proc/797447/mounts; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root-0/etc/TZ -> /tmp/TZ; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root-0/etc/resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root-0/etc/ssl/cert.pem -> /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root-0/usr/sbin/cfg80211tool_mesh -> /usr/sbin/cfg80211tool; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/var -> /tmp; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/www/cgi-bin/config-backup -> /usr/libexec/base-cgi; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/www/cgi-bin/data-upload -> /usr/libexec/base-cgi; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/etc/fstab -> /tmp/fstab; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/etc/mtab -> /proc/797447/mounts; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/etc/TZ -> /tmp/TZ; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/etc/resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/etc/ssl/cert.pem -> /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/usr/sbin/cfg80211tool_mesh -> /usr/sbin/cfg80211tool; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
3451288 0x34A998 Squashfs filesystem, little endian, version 4.0, compression:xz, size: 18101442 bytes, 2469 inodes, blocksize: 262144 bytes, created: 2023-09-06 18:10:39
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
No libubox.so.* found below /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root
No libubus.so.* found below /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root
No libuci.so.* found below /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root
No libblobmsg_json.so.* found below /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root/_devolo.bin.extracted/squashfs-root
~/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440 ~/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/openwrt-root ~/openwrt
General Error: Cannot open file (CWD: /home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440) : [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ''
realpath: '/home/developer/openwrt/ghn/devolo-extract-ghn-packages.797440/*/squashfs-root': No such file or directory
realpath: /usr/lib/opkg/info/delos-base-files: No such file or directory
dirname: missing operand
Try 'dirname --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
Please use the OpenWRT package
Enable in 'make menuconfig'
realpath: /usr/lib/opkg/info/delos-device-name: No such file or directory
dirname: missing operand
Try 'dirname --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
Please use the OpenWRT package
Enable in 'make menuconfig'
realpath: /usr/lib/opkg/info/devolo-shared-configlayer: No such file or directory
dirname: missing operand
Try 'dirname --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
Please use the OpenWRT package
Enable in 'make menuconfig'
realpath: '/usr/lib/opkg/info/dlan2-fw-flashless-*': No such file or directory
dirname: missing operand
Try 'dirname --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
Please use the OpenWRT package
Enable in 'make menuconfig'
realpath: /usr/lib/opkg/info/dlan2-tools: No such file or directory
dirname: missing operand
Try 'dirname --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
Please use the OpenWRT package
Enable in 'make menuconfig'
realpath: /usr/lib/opkg/info/ghn-flashless: No such file or directory
dirname: missing operand
Try 'dirname --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
Please use the OpenWRT package
Enable in 'make menuconfig'
realpath: /usr/lib/opkg/info/ghn-host: No such file or directory
dirname: missing operand
Try 'dirname --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
Please use the OpenWRT package
Enable in 'make menuconfig'
realpath: /usr/lib/opkg/info/libssp: No such file or directory
dirname: missing operand
Try 'dirname --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
Please use the OpenWRT package
Enable in 'make menuconfig'
realpath: /usr/lib/opkg/info/posix-timezone-db: No such file or directory
dirname: missing operand
Try 'dirname --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
Please use the OpenWRT package
Enable in 'make menuconfig'
I think I still miss something 
Hmm, seems I might need to do some more testing when not specifying the OpenWrt sysimage. I thought I had that working on Sunday. For now, could you try adding the path to the OpenWrt sysimage to the arguments as well? That is probably more stable.
Strange, I have tried a couple of combinations but it fails.
Then tried using direct paths and see this:
developer@DESKTOP-BELHTS7:~/openwrt$ ./scripts/devolo-extract-ghn-packages ~/openwrt/devolo.bin /home/openwrt/bin/targets/ipq40xx/generic/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-devolo_magic-2-wifi-next-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
realpath: /home/openwrt/bin/targets/ipq40xx/generic/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-devolo_magic-2-wifi-next-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin: Permission denied
/home/openwrt/bin/targets/ipq40xx/generic/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-devolo_magic-2-wifi-next-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin does not exist!
My PATH is now:
developer@DESKTOP-BELHTS7:~/openwrt$ echo ${PATH}
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/developer/openwrt/staging_dir/host/bin:/home/developer/openwrt/bin/targets/ipq40xx/generic :/home/developer/openwrt:/openwrt/bin/targets/ipq40xx/generic/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-devolo_magic-2-wifi-next-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Likely wrong but I have tried them per step I think the last entry is wrong anyway.
It appears you renamed the devolo image. I had missed that earlier, but that won’t work as the script searches for delos to figure out which file to use as the devolo image. (See line 35 in the script.)
Adding /home/developer/openwrt/staging_dir/host/bin to your PATH, should work I guess. Can you run apk with that in place?
I should add some extra checks for these things
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Now it works 
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In apk that info is inside the package itself, and validated during installation of the package.
$ wget https://mirror-03.infra.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc5/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/base/busybox-1.37.0-r6.apk
$ apk adbdump busybox-1.37.0-r6.apk | grep arch
arch: aarch64_cortex-a53
EDIT
Should have also mentioned /etc/apk/arch
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@aparcar saw this commit today: package: drop apk cheatsheet from base-files
… and got the idea: Wait! It’s is too early to remove the cheatsheet. 
Why?
After 25.12 codefreeze and as soon as final 25.12 images are in the wild many people may be lost. For this audience the cheatsheet may be of huge value. (… because some of them may not have participated/worked with snapshot releases and therefore may not be aware of the new apk commands.)
(my assumtion is: this cheatsheet is’nt available in 25.12 release - pls ignore this post if I’m wrong)
Thanks
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Hi @nextgen-networks, thanks for your interest in keeping OpenWrt user-friendly! The notification will stay in 25.12, however was removed in snapshots only. Developers had plenty of time to notice that
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You got me thinking, so...
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Just to let you know, I added this part to the documentation, I hope there are no errors or anything else:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/opkg-to-apk-cheatsheet#notes
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Might want to format it a little prettier with code blocks and such:
<code>
literal code cut'n'pasted from term
</code>
Also might want to mention root cause of those cache warnings, i.e., that the apk indexes are either out-of-date or missing and a simple apk update usually resolves them (assumes of course that you have internet access).
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Since you liked it, I modified it... 
===== Notes =====
You may occasionally see warnings such as:
WARNING: opening from cache … No such file or directory
These warnings usually occur when the local apk repository indexes are missing
or outdated. In most cases they can be resolved by refreshing the package
indexes:
apk update
If the warnings persist but do not affect package installation, they are
generally harmless.
Advanced users who prefer to hide these warnings can use a shell alias, for example:
alias apk='apk 2>/dev/null'
or, to keep real errors visible:
alias apk='apk 2> >(grep -v "WARNING: opening from cache")'
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Apk error on 7490 AVM router
apk update
ERROR: wget: exited with error 1
WARNING: updating and opening ``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/targets/lantiq/xrx200/packages/packages.adb:`` unexpected end of file
ERROR: wget: exited with error 1
WARNING: updating and opening ``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/packages/mips_24kc/base/packages.adb:`` unexpected end of file
ERROR: wget: exited with error 1
WARNING: updating and opening ``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/targets/lantiq/xrx200/kmods/6.12.71-1-85faff7027ce66bb21945fd8402545f6/packages.adb:`` unexpected end of file
ERROR: wget: exited with error 1
WARNING: updating and opening ``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/packages/mips_24kc/luci/packages.adb:`` unexpected end of file
ERROR: wget: exited with error 1
WARNING: updating and opening ``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/packages/mips_24kc/packages/packages.adb:`` unexpected end of file
ERROR: wget: exited with error 1
WARNING: updating and opening ``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/packages/mips_24kc/routing/packages.adb:`` unexpected end of file
ERROR: wget: exited with error 1
WARNING: updating and opening ``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/packages.adb:`` unexpected end of file
ERROR: wget: exited with error 1
WARNING: updating and opening ``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/packages/mips_24kc/video/packages.adb:`` unexpected end of file
8 unavailable, 0 stale; 159 distinct packages available
wget https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/targets/lantiq/xrx200/packages/packages.adb
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/targets/lantiq/xrx200/packages/packages.adb: HTTPS support not compiled in.
Solved, removed wget (or better, install wget-ssl), now works.
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