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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A. Ipkg is no longer actively maintained upstream and there are potential trademark issues with using the Ipkg name

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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A. Ipkg is no longer actively maintained upstream and there are potential trademark issues with using the Ipkg name