ipkg
A package management utility for embedded devices.
Version: 0.99.163
Status: Done
In order to use remote repositories, ipkg needs to be configured with their respective URLs. To determine which possible version of a package to install, ipkg must know about your preferred architectures. When installing a package, ipkg must also know about your directory structure. All of this information is stored in the 'ipkg.conf' file, by default located in /usr/etc.
Here is a good example of an ipkg.conf file:
# Default ipkg.conf for mg35tools project src mg35tools-default http://mg35tools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mg35tools/packages src link-standard http://link.pigsinspace.ca/packages/standard src link-devel http://link.pigsinspace.ca/packages/development src link-test http://link.pigsinspace.ca/packages/test # Linux root is on cramfs, usr is writeable dest cramroot / # Architecture match order arch mg35 1 arch mg45 1 arch armv4l 3 arch all 5 arch noarch 5 arch arm 10 |
ipkg version 0.99.163 usage: ipkg [options...] sub-command [arguments...] where sub-command is one of: Package Manipulation: update Update list of available packages upgrade Upgrade all installed packages to latest version install <pkg> Download and install <pkg> (and dependencies) install <file.ipk> Install package <file.ipk> configure [<pkg>] Configure unpacked packages remove <pkg|regexp> Remove package <pkg|packages following regexp> flag <flag> <pkg> ... Flag package(s) <pkg> <flag>=hold|noprune|user|ok|installed|unpacked (one per invocation) Informational Commands: list List available packages and descriptions list_installed List all and only the installed packages and description files <pkg> List all files belonging to <pkg> search <file|regexp> Search for a package providing <file> info [pkg|regexp] Display all info for <pkg> status [pkg|regexp] Display all status for <pkg> download <pkg> Download <pkg> to current directory. compare_versions <v1> <op> <v2> compare versions using <= < > >= = << >> print_architecture prints the architecture. print_installation_architecture whatdepends [-A] [pkgname|pat]+ whatdependsrec [-A] [pkgname|pat]+ whatprovides [-A] [pkgname|pat]+ whatconflicts [-A] [pkgname|pat]+ whatreplaces [-A] [pkgname|pat]+ prints the installation architecture. Options: -A Query all packages with whatdepends, whatprovides, whatreplaces, whatconflicts -V <level> Set verbosity level to <level>. If no value is --verbosity <level> provided increase verbosity by one. Verbosity levels: 0 errors only 1 normal messages (default) 2 informative messages 3 debug output -f <conf_file> Use <conf_file> as the ipkg configuration file -conf <conf_file> Default configuration file location is /usr/etc/ipkg.conf -d <dest_name> Use <dest_name> as the the root directory for -dest <dest_name> package installation, removal, upgrading. <dest_name> should be a defined dest name from the configuration file, (but can also be a directory name in a pinch). -o <offline_root> Use <offline_root> as the root directory for -offline <offline_root> offline installation of packages. -verbose_wget more wget messages Force Options (use when ipkg is too smart for its own good): -force-depends Make dependency checks warnings instead of errors Install/remove package in spite of failed dependences -force-defaults Use default options for questions asked by ipkg. (no prompts). Note that this will not prevent package installation scripts from prompting. -force-reinstall Allow ipkg to reinstall a package. -force-overwrite Allow ipkg to overwrite files from another package during an install. -force-downgrade Allow ipkg to downgrade packages. -force_space Install even if there does not seem to be enough space. -noaction No action -- test only -nodeps Do not follow dependences -force-removal-of-dependent-packages -recursive Allow ipkg to remove package and all that depend on it. -test No action -- test only -t Specify tmp-dir. --tmp-dir Specify tmp-dir. regexp could be something like 'pkgname*' '*file*' or similar eg: ipkg info 'libstd*' or ipkg search '*libop*' or ipkg remove 'libncur*'
ipkg update
ipkg list
ipkg install vi
ipkg list_installed
Format | Location |
.ipk | SourceForge - packages |
.bin | SourceForge - utility binaries |
.ipk |
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If you do not have ipkg already installed, put the .bin format ipkg (above) into your /usr/bin directory .
[John, 2008-04]