For some reason I can't use ipkg to install from the tmp directory. I scp it over and run

root@host:~# ipkg install /tmp/wpa-supplicant_0.5.7-1_mipsel.ipk.gz

The file is certainly still there (in the /tmp directory) and there were no errors from scp but I get the error:

Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Collected errors:
Cannot find package /tmp/wpa-supplicant_0.5.7-1_mipsel.ipk.gz.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'

The router is offline so I can't run ipkg update or install it over the network. I can't figure out what I can do to fix this.

(Last edited by napierzaza on 2 Aug 2007, 03:00)

I think ipkg to install only IPK extensions files, not compressed GZ files...
Try to uncompress your package and retry

I tried that as well and it said something along the lines of "no gz magic." Yes it used the word magic.
So I really don't know what I can do.

Try just renaming the original file to .ipk and then installing it. (i.e. don't decompress it, just fix the filename)

This happens to me as well... I have the packages (.ipk) in my /tmp directory and i get the exact same error as napierzaza...

I thought i was doing something wrong but now it seems i am not the only one with the problem.

Any help would be welcome...

Have you tried removing the gz extension without unpacking? I haven't had the chance.

i have the same error as you but not with the same packages... in my case i was trying to install vsftpd which has .ipk only as "extension".

I type

ipkg install name_of_the_package.ipk

and i get that same error... i can't figure out why...

You had navigated to the /tmp dir?

i tried several ways, i downloaded the fipk file to /tmp and tried to install to ram, tried to install to root, etc...

didn't work...

now i downgraded from kamikaze 7.07 to 7.06 and i installed vsftpd (and it is working) but i still can't install files downloaded locally

:S

I somewhat doubt ipkg likes the extra gzip layer. I assume .ipkgs use some form of compression, but possibly ipkg isn't smart enough to realize this since the header is now incorrect. I compiled my own packages and installed locally on 7.06 and 7.07, so its not an OpenWRT problem. Where are you getting the package from? Did you try copying it to a Linux box and extracting the contents (just the .ipkg) then copying that back and installing locally?

(Last edited by TemplaraPhoenix on 3 Aug 2007, 05:48)

The packages are from the OpenWRT Kamikaze 707 folder called "packages." I download something wpa-supplicant_0.5.7-1_mipsel.ipk       and it doen't install. I was already gz'ped and I did no manipulating aside from scp'ing it and it didn't work. Then I tried just opening up the gz and installing only the ipkg and that didn't work.

Downloaded from here:
http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/7 … /packages/

(Last edited by napierzaza on 3 Aug 2007, 06:25)

Hi

If I use the link you provide I can download wpa-supplicant but it's not a gzip archive. It's just a ipkg package so you shouldn't do anything with but running ipkg install /share/wpa-supplicant_0.5.7-1_mipsel.ipk. The package works fine when I download it. It sounds like the system that you are using to download the package screws up the package.

Yes it is a gzip. On the site it's not listed as one though. I don't know why.

I'm using Safari.

EDIT:

Yes indeed it appears as if Safari is adding the .gz extension to the file. It now installs properly when it is removed (just edit the file-name).

(Last edited by napierzaza on 3 Aug 2007, 14:12)