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	==ipk files==		==ipk files==

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			==ipk files==

	To install software with opkg, it must be bundled in an ipk file		To install software with opkg, it must be bundled in an ipk file
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	Info in this SO thread on how to create a package (e.g., a bundle of Python scripts): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17369127/extracting-and-creating-ipk-files		Info in this SO thread on how to create a package (e.g., a bundle of Python scripts): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17369127/extracting-and-creating-ipk-files

	~~Can~~ also do more complicated things, like PirateBox ~~does~~: https://www.disk91.com/2012/technology/systems/installation-of-a-piratebox-on-t-link-mr3040/		==bundling==

			opkg can also do more complicated things like bundling packages and source code and configurations together.

			PirateBox is a good example of this: https://www.disk91.com/2012/technology/systems/installation-of-a-piratebox-on-t-link-mr3040/

	In the end you'll execute commands to download your ipk and then install it with opkg, like this:		In the end you'll execute commands to download your ipk and then install it with opkg, like this:

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	opkg update && opkg install piratebox*		opkg update && opkg install piratebox*
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opkg is the package manager for OpenWrt

To install software with opkg, it must be bundled in an ipk file

Info in this SO thread on how to create a package (e.g., a bundle of Python scripts): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17369127/extracting-and-creating-ipk-files

Can also do more complicated things, like PirateBox does: https://www.disk91.com/2012/technology/systems/installation-of-a-piratebox-on-t-link-mr3040/

In the end you'll execute commands to download your ipk and then install it with opkg, like this:

<pre>
wget http://piratebox.aod-rpg.de/piratebox_0.5.1_all.ipk
opkg update && opkg install piratebox*
</pre>