Configure Optware

<note>First consider fallowing all the previous steps the WD MyBook World Edition Hacks tutorial</note> This chapter is based on MyBook WE Wiki

• Connect to the device using a ssh client (Putty) and log as a normal user.

• Change the user in root.

$ su -

• Install the package manager.

# wget http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/local--files/optware/setup-optware.sh
# sh setup-optware.sh

• Add shared libraries path.

# echo "/opt/lib" >>/etc/ld.so.conf
# ldconfig

• Update local feed list.

# /opt/bin/ipkg update

• To list available packages use:

# /opt/bin/ipkg list

• To list installed packages use:

# /opt/bin/ipkg list_installed

• To install or upgrade packages use:

# /opt/bin/ipkg install <foo> <bar>

setup-optware.sh source

feed=http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/gumstix1151/cross/unstable
ipk_name=$(wget -qO- $feed/Packages | awk '/^Filename: ipkg-opt/ {print $2}')
wget $feed/$ipk_name
tar -xOvzf $ipk_name ./data.tar.gz | tar -C / -xzvf -
sed -i -e 's|/stable|/unstable|' /opt/etc/ipkg.conf