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Topic: how to make my own package repository?

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Post #1
openwrt
4 May 2007, 09:51

hey,
I have compiled some packages with the WR SDK. These are on a friend's webserver. I want to use them with ipkg as my own repository.
I have already added the src to /etc/ipkg.conf
but when I make 'ipkg update' it fails to update, because there is no 'Packages'-file in the directory.
the 'packages' file is not created by the SDK when building the packages.
Is there a way to create the packages-filelist automatically?

Post #2
forum2006
4 May 2007, 09:59

Yes, the Packages and Packages.filelist is not created automatically. You have to create both of them manually with:

staging_dir_mipsel/usr/bin/ipkg-make-index bin/packages/ > bin/packages/Packages
staging_dir_mipsel/usr/bin/ipkg-make-index -l bin/packages/Packages.filelist -p bin/packages/Packages bin/packages/ > bin/packages/Packages
rm bin/packages/Packages.gz

This works for me.

Post #3
openwrt
4 May 2007, 13:41

Thanks you forum2006, :-)
this is exactly what I needed!
bye

(Last edited by openwrt on 4 May 2007, 13:41)

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