Can not update opkg

[Diego Antonino]

Hi,

I got the following error when i try to do “opkg update“:

admin@mtcdt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/all/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/arm926ejste/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/mtcdt/Packages.gz.
Collected errors:
* opkg_download: Failed to download http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/all/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
* opkg_download: Failed to download http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/arm926ejste/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
* opkg_download: Failed to download http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/mtcdt/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.

Then, I tried to download “Packages.gz” package manually using wget, and I got ERROR 404: Not Found. (I got the same result using my computer)

Thanks in advance for your help!

Diego

[Jason Reiss]

Choose from one of the available folders.
http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/

[DIR] 3.2/ 14-Jun-2016 16:57 –
[DIR] 3.3.6/ 21-Apr-2017 13:05 –
[DIR] 3.3.7/ 27-Jun-2017 13:16 –
[DIR] 3.3.9/ 27-Jul-2017 14:34 –
[DIR] 3.3.12/ 11-Sep-2017 10:39 –
[DIR] 3.3.13/ 06-Oct-2017 17:49 –
[DIR] 3.3.14/ 30-Oct-2017 09:53 –
[DIR] 3.3.15/ 30-Oct-2017 10:00 –

[Diego Antonino]

Cool! Thanks!!!!

[Diego Antonino]

I used 3.3.15 folder. then i install pip (opkg install python-pi), but i am getting the following error when I try to use it:

admin@mtcdt:~# pip --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pip", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
ImportError: No module named pkg_resources
admin@mtcdt:~#

If the issue is related to the folder I have chosen, Which should be the criteria to chose the right folder?

Thanks!
Diego

[Diego Antonino]

ok, I fix it installing setuptools as bellow:

wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -O - | python

Thanks!
Diego

[Jason Reiss]

I have also noticed that the “opkg install python-pip” does install a functioning pip. But it must be installed before the ez_setup.py is used.

[leopold le forestier]

I still have some troubles when I try to install pip, even with the ez_setup. I used the 3.3.24 folder.

admin@mtcdt:~# opkg install python-pip
Unknown package 'python-pip'.
Collected errors:
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package python-pip.

Can someone help me to solve that ?

• This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by leopold le forestier.

[John Klug]

You must successfully do “opkg update” before you can install more packages.

[leopold le forestier]

Thanks for your answer John.

Can you explain me how to do it successfully please ?

I have the same error as Diego :

admin@mtcdt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/all/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/arm926ejste/Packages.gz.
Downloading http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/mtcdt/Packages.gz.
Collected errors:
* opkg_download: Failed to download http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/all/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
* opkg_download: Failed to download http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/arm926ejste/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
* opkg_download: Failed to download http://multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/3.3/mtcdt/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.

I am sorry but I am not sure to understand what are the steps to do it successfully.
Thanks !

Leopold

[John Klug]

In some levels of mLinux, the file /etc/opkg/mlinux-feed.conf there is a bug, and the URL’s in the file are bad.

To determine the correct URL, cat /etc/mlinux-version to determine which level of mLinux is installed. (maybe 3.3.6?).

Then look at available URL’s. They are found by going from:

http://www.multitech.net/developer/downloads/

This has a link called pre-built packages.

This goes to a directory called:
http://www.multitech.net/mlinux/feeds/

Then you pick the level you desire. If you just want to install additional packages, I would recommend the directory that matches the version of mLinux you already have.

Then you must edit /etc/opkg/mlinux-feed.conf file, and modify the ‘3.3’ to the exact micro-level of 3.3 you have, such as 3.3.6. There will be several lines in the file with the incorrect path in the URL.

[John Klug]

Looking back, this issue was fixed in 3.3.13.

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