openwrt/docs/OPKG-REPO-README.md

opkg Repository - Quick Reference

📦 Repository Ready!

Your opkg-compatible repository is located at:

/home/user/Public/Projects/OpenWRT/opkg-repo/

🚀 Quick Upload

Upload to your HTTP server (/srv/http):

./upload-repo.sh SERVER_IP user /srv/http/opkg

Alternatively, manual upload:

scp -r opkg-repo/* user@SERVER_IP:/srv/http/opkg/

📋 Available Packages

• btop-static (1.4.3-1) - 1.0 MB - Resource monitor
• mosh-static (1.4.0-1) - 3.6 MB - Mobile Shell

🔧 On Your OpenWRT Device

# Add repository (replace SERVER_IP)
echo 'src/gz custom http://SERVER_IP/opkg/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages' > /etc/opkg/customfeeds.conf

# Update and install
opkg update
opkg install btop-static mosh-static

➕ Adding New Packages

# 1. Copy package to repository
cp new-package.ipk opkg-repo/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/

# 2. Regenerate index
./generate-index.sh opkg-repo/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/ > opkg-repo/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages
gzip -9 -k opkg-repo/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages

# 3. Upload to server
./upload-repo.sh SERVER_IP user /srv/http/opkg

📁 Files Created

• opkg-repo/ - Local repository directory
• generate-index.sh - Package index generator
• upload-repo.sh - Server upload script
• Full documentation in the artifacts

⚠️ Notes

• Repository is for aarch64_cortex-a53 architecture only
• All packages are statically linked
• Index must be regenerated after changes
• Two btop variants failed indexing (missing control files)