Installing Optware

[jassjerry]

hello everyone,

when I try to install optware I am getting error what am I doing wrong

your guidance will be greatly appreciated.

admin@Stinger:/tmp/mnt/sda1# wget -O - http://entware.wl500g.info/binar
ies/entware/installer/entware_install.sh | sh
Connecting to entware.wl500g.info (81.4.122.163:80)
- 100% |*******************************| 1141 0:00:00 ETA
Info: Checking for prerequisites and creating folders...
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/bin': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/etc': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/include': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/lib': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/sbin': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/share': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/tmp': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/usr': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/var': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/': No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/opt/': No such file or directory
Info: Opkg package manager deployment...
sh: cd: line 19: can't cd to /opt/bin
Connecting to entware.wl500g.info (81.4.122.163:80)
wget: can't open 'opkg': File exists
chmod: /opt/bin/opkg: No such file or directory
sh: cd: line 22: can't cd to /opt/etc
Connecting to entware.wl500g.info (81.4.122.163:80)
wget: can't open 'opkg.conf': File exists
Info: Basic packages installation...
sh: /opt/bin/opkg: not found
sh: /opt/bin/opkg: not found
Info: Cleanup...
Info: Congratulations!
Info: If there are no errors above then Entware successfully initialized.
Info: Found a Bug? Please report at https://github.com/Entware/entware/issues

 

[Nullity]

Are you able to simply download the file and then run it?

Without more information I can't offer much help.

I always go back to the documentation. Most of the time, I'm screwing SOMEthing up...

 

[Ronv42]

Looks like you didn't mount your drive properly. As documented the USB drive would be mounted into the /opt directory. What instructions did you follow?

 

[jassjerry]

I am trying to install entware not optware by mistake I typed it wrong.


here is the instruction, I am following.

https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Entware

Plus I watched the youtube at the bottom of the page a couple times and still no luck.

I did mount the drive, created the directory and mount the USB DRIVE

I didn't download, I might give that a try as well

 

[john9527]

Sorry to ask the obvious...but you didn't say what router you are trying to install on. Entware is only available for the MIPs based routers, you must use Optware for the ARM routers.