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What is Opkg?

Opkg is a lightweight package management system based on Ipkg.


New features

Here is a list of additional features compared to Ipkg.

  • Uses libcurl to download files
  • The command line client has a progress bar to show progress of downloads and libopkg support sending progress callbacks to clients.


Issues

  • http proxy works but authentication not tested yet


FAQ

Q. What version of Ipkg is Opkg based on? A. It is based on the ipkg-0.99.163 tarball

Q. Why "fork" and rename Ipkg? A. Ipkg is no longer actively maintained and there may be issues with using the Ipkg name

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What is Opkg?

Opkg is a lightweight package management system based on Ipkg.


New features

Here is a list of additional features compared to Ipkg.

  • Uses libcurl to download files
  • The command line client has a progress bar to show progress of downloads and libopkg support sending progress callbacks to clients.


Issues

  • http proxy works but authentication not tested yet


FAQ

Q. What version of Ipkg is Opkg based on? A. It is based on the ipkg-0.99.163 tarball

Q. Why "fork" and rename Ipkg? A. Ipkg is no longer actively maintained and there may be issues with using the Ipkg name