The opkg update command failed with code 6

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Ohh, makes sense.

I'm really excited for a release version fo rmy device.
How many release candidates will be produced before a "final" version is released?

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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/mipsel_24kc/base
src/gz openwrt_luci https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/mipsel_24kc/luci
src/gz openwrt_packages https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/mipsel_24kc/packages
src/gz openwrt_routing https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/mipsel_24kc/routing
src/gz openwrt_telephony https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/mipsel_24kc/telephony

don't forget to save it properly

in case you get signature error
edit the file /etc/opkg.conf

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

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if opkg update succeeds with less number of errors add the following line on top in .conf

src/gz openwrt_core https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/targets/ramips/mt76x8/packages

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Until 24.10.0-rcx is considered to be deemed Stable for all supported targets when it will be released as 24.10.0.

Subsequent Release variants based on 24.10.0 will likely be released over time with updates as R24.10.1-R24.10.x until the next release is branched from Main.

Follow the logical progression of a typical release from 23.05 here: https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/start#history

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DO NOT do this unless you are absolutely sure you're running OpenWrt 23.05.5, as the packages built for different kernel versions can cause you severe problems, up to and including bricking the device.

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Worked for me!

However I think I'll just install the release version @hnyman was talking about.

I'm really excited to finally have a working image with LuCI soon and not having to do the tedious manual installation of the UI in case my experiments brick something again :joy: