Hello ALL,

I want to intsall  coova-chilli on my router.We use  Firmware version OpenWrt Chaos Calmer 15.05.

We Follow step to install
#opkg update
# opkg install coova-chilli

When we try to install coova-chilli it gives me following error..

# opkg install coova-chilli
Unknown package 'coova-chilli'.
Collected errors:
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package coova-chilli.

Please,Any one can help???

have you tried

opkg update
opkg list | grep coova

Hi rj-45,

Thanks For reply,

#opkg update
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_base.

#opkg list | grep coova

It show noting ..

do you have openwrt 15.05 or 15.05.1 installed?
when I do grep for coova, I get the following result:

root@WrtPlug:~# opkg list | grep coova
coova-chilli - 1.3.0+20141128-2 - CoovaChilli is an open source access controller for wireless LAN access points and is based on ChilliSpot. It is used for authenticating users of a wireless (or wired) LAN. It supports web based login (UAM) which is today's standard for public HotSpots and it supports Wireless Protected Access (WPA) which is the standard of the future. Authentication,    authorization and accounting (AAA) is handled by your favorite radius server.
kmod-ipt-coova - 3.18.21+1.3.0+20141128-2 - Netfilter kernel module for CoovaChilli Includes: - coova
root@WrtPlug:~# 

please post the result of the following command

cat /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf 

(Last edited by rj-45 on 5 Feb 2018, 14:44)

I get following output when use cat command::
cat /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf

cat /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf
src/gz chaos_calmer_base xttp:downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ramips/mt7621/packages/base
# src/gz chaos_calmer_packages xttp:downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ramips/mt7621/packages/packages
# src/gz chaos_calmer_luci xttp:downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ramips/mt7621/packages/luci
# src/gz chaos_calmer_routing xttp:downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ramips/mt7621/packages/routing
# src/gz chaos_calmer_telephony xttp:downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ramips/mt7621/packages/telephony
# src/gz chaos_calmer_management xttp:downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ramips/mt7621/packages/management

(Last edited by lalitbmahajan on 6 Feb 2018, 04:51)

you should remove the # at the beginning of the lines

(Last edited by rj-45 on 6 Feb 2018, 09:52)

Hello rj-45,
Thanks rj-45 it's working

But,I got following error now

Installing coova-chilli (1.3.0+20141128-2) to root...
Downloading xdownloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ramips/mt7621/packages/packages/coova-chilli_1.3.0+20141128-2_ramips_1004kc.ipk.
Collected errors:
* satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for coova-chilli:
*     kernel (= 3.18.20-1-e88c28aef8db1590e12f15991f902a0b) *
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package coova-chilli.

maybe you should upgrade to 15.05.1 or lede

hello rj-45,

It works with lede now.Thanks For help..

I am able to intsall cova chili.But now we get error when we try to run coova-chili

as
# /etc/init.d/chilli start

it gives following errors as

options.c: 181: could not generate configuration (/var/run/chilli.2317.cfg.bin), sleeping one second
coova-chilli[2317]: options.c: 181: could not generate configuration (/var/run/chilli.2317.cfg.bin), sleeping one second
coova-chilli[2317]: options.c: 181: could not generate configuration (/var/run/chilli.2317.cfg.bin), sleeping one second
coova-chilli[2317]: options.c: 181: could not generate configuration (/var/run/chilli.2317.cfg.bin), sleeping one second
coova-chilli[2317]: options.c: 181: could not generate configuration (/var/run/chilli.2317.cfg.bin), sleeping one second

Any one know solution please help??

This is not a question, specific to openwrt/lede. You should check your wrong chilli config.
Lot of info about it on the web. google is your friend.
Hint: Try to setup cooova-chilli first on real linux.