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opkg — A lightweight package manager used to install OpenWrt packages. More information: <https://openwrt.o

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Problem

How to use the opkg command: A lightweight package manager used to install OpenWrt packages. More information: <https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/opkg>.

Solution

opkg — A lightweight package manager used to install OpenWrt packages. More information: <https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/opkg>.

Install a package:

opkg install {{package}}

Remove a package:

opkg remove {{package}}

Update the list of available packages:

opkg update

Upgrade one or more specific package(s):

opkg upgrade {{package(s)}}

Display information for a specific package:

opkg info {{package}}

List all the available packages:

opkg list

Find out which package owns a file:

opkg search /{{path/to/file}}

List all files belonging to a package:

opkg files {{package}}

Code Snippets

Install a package

opkg install {{package}}

Remove a package

opkg remove {{package}}

Update the list of available packages

opkg update

Upgrade one or more specific package(s)

opkg upgrade {{package(s)}}

Display information for a specific package

opkg info {{package}}

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