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I have reflashed my fonera a couple of times, but cannot get ipkg to work, no matter what package I do, even if I've updated ipkg I get this when I do an ipkg install [package]:
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Collected errors:
Cannot find package php-thttpd_2.25b-5.2.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
root@OpenWrt:~#I have the same problem with ipkg install http://downloads.openwrt.org/backports/ … mipsel.ipk
Is there a solution for this? What are we doing wrong?
Ton.
I do not see "php-thttpd_2.25b-5.2" when I type "ipkg list". Are you trying to install locally?
I had some problems with ipkg because when I download one Safari adds ".gz" to the end of the file name. So everytime it would try and unpack before installing which it can't and shouldn't. Make sure it says "ipk" and that the directory and file name is done exactly as it appears.
Btw. php-thttpd_2.25b-5.2 is not a official OpenWrt package...
Same problem here.
root@granny:~# ipkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/packages/mips//Packages
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/ipkg/lists/packages
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/backports/rc5//Packages
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/ipkg/lists/Backports
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/7.09/brcm-2.4/packages/Packages
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/ipkg/lists/release
Downloading http://downloads.x-wrt.org/xwrt/kamikaze/7.09/brcm-2.4/packages/Packages
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/ipkg/lists/X-Wrt
Done.
root@granny:~# ipkg list openssh-sftp-server
openssh-sftp-server - 4.5p1-1 - OpenSSH SFTP server
Done.
root@granny:~# ipkg install openssh-sftp-server
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Collected errors:
Cannot find package openssh-sftp-server.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'After this i try:
root@granny:~# wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/packages/mips/openssh-sftp-server_4.5p1-1_mips.ipk
Connecting to downloads.openwrt.org [195.56.146.238:80]
openssh-sftp-server_ 100% |***********************************************************************************************************| 20791 --:--:-- ETA
root@granny:~# ls -al
...
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20791 Jan 1 00:18 openssh-sftp-server_4.5p1-1_mips.ipk
...
root@granny:~# ipkg -V3 install openssh-sftp-server_4.5p1-1_mips.ipk
pkg_info_preinstall_check: updating arch priority for each package
Clearing state_want and state_flag for pkg=openssh-sftp-server (arch_priority=0 flag=16 want=2)
pkg_info_preinstall_check: update file owner list
best installation candidate for openssh-sftp-server
adding openssh-sftp-server to providers
openssh-sftp-server arch=mips arch_priority=0 version=4.5p1-1
Configuring unpacked packages
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Collected errors:
Cannot find package openssh-sftp-server.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
hash_table[pkg-hash] n_buckets=0 n_elements=825 max_conflicts=0 n_conflicts=0
hash_table[file-hash] n_buckets=0 n_elements=408 max_conflicts=0 n_conflicts=0
hash_table[obs-file-hash] n_buckets=0 n_elements=0 max_conflicts=0 n_conflicts=0I read in this forum that it might be a problem with the ipkg embedded in busybox. So we might install a standalone ipkg and disable the one busybox uses. Any ideas how to do that ?
Oki, i found what ( my ) problem with ipkg was: i was trying to install from the repo "http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/packages/mips/" instead of "http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/packages/mipsel/"
My Bad 
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