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Hi forum, I'm running some software that wants lfs.lua. Seems I need luarocks to install it. I see that feeds/packages/lang/luarocks is in the code base, but i dont see anything for it in menuconfig. I've added:
src-git luafilesystem <snip>
src-git luarocks <snip>
to feeds, and they do show up as feeds, but dont build. What's the procedure to build things that dont come with Config.in? Do i just cross-compile this outside of the openWrt make?
thanks!
Why not just use opkg to install it ?
opkg update
opkg install luafilesystem Thank you for the suggestion. That does not work though:
root@OpenWrt:/tmp/openwisp# opkg install luafilesystem
Unknown package 'luafilesystem'.
Collected errors:
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package luafilesystem.Perhaps i need to create the openWRT Makefile with PKG_NAME and all that? I just thought that would be available somewhere already.
what branch of openwrt on you running ?
works for me on trunk and CC 15.05.1
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_base.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/kernel/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_kernel.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/kernel/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_luci.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_management.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/management/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_packages.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_routing.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/routing/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_telephony.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install luafilesystem
Installing luafilesystem (1.6.2-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/luafilesystem_1.6.2-1_ar71xx.ipk.
Configuring luafilesystem.you can ffile the pre-compiled packe in the openwrt downloads section and load it to the temp directory of your router then install with opkg as well.
for example, for ar71xx ..
look here : https://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_cal … ar71xx.ipk
no need to reinvent the wheel on this one 
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