Opkg
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What is Opkg?
Opkg is a lightweight package management system based on Ipkg.
Planned features
Here is a list of additional features compared to Ipkg.
- Uses libcurl to download files [done]
- The command line client has a progress bar to show progress of downloads and libopkg support sending progress callbacks to clients [done]
- Simple user interactions during postinstall
- Restructure source code and make it more robust
- Improve command line options
- Signed packages and repositories
- Store packages in database
Issues
- http proxy works but authentication not tested yet
FAQ
Q. What version of Ipkg is Opkg based on?
A. It is based on the ipkg-0.99.163 tarball
Q. Why "fork" and rename Ipkg?
A. Ipkg is no longer actively maintained upstream and there are potential trademark issues with using the Ipkg name