Docker ipk-builder

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There is more than one way to create an ipk-file but want to remind you of our docker ipk-builder.

https://hub.docker.com/r/wagoautomation/ipk-builder

Very Quickstart:

  1. Create two folders and give them a name e.g. “source” and “destination”.

  2. Inside the “source” folder create a new folder named “data” and “control”.

  3. Copy your sourcefiles to “source/data” folder.

  4. Inside the “control” folder create a file called “control”.

    Example:

    Package: my-first-package
    Version: 1.0.0
    Architecture: armhf
    Maintainer: “your_name <your_email>”
    Description: support for arm 32 bit
    Priority: optional

  5. In the “source” folder create a file named “debian-binary” with the content “2.0”.

  6. Update your paths in the docker run command and execute, then find the .ipk in the “destination” folder.

  7. Install in WBM → software uploads (or by SSH → “opkg” command).

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Could it been possible to get all the ipk files on a server. Where they could have been maintained and easy to obtain?

Maybe the community would like to support a server.

From cc100

#
# /etc/opkg/opkg.conf
#

# src: <url-of-opkg-repository>
src ptxdist http://www.example.org/ptxdist/CTL/dists/CTLCTL-trunk

dest    root    /
option  lock_file /run/lock/opkg.lock

# move away the ipkg database from the default "/var/lib/opkg" to a r/o location
option lists_dir /usr/share/opkg/lists
option status_file /usr/share/opkg/status
option info_dir /usr/share/opkg/info

arch    armhf   10
arch    all     1
arch    noarch  1

#option check_signature 0
#option signature_ca_path /etc/ssl/certs
#option signature_ca_file /etc/ssl/certs/opkg.crt

OpenWrt has been using it for quite some time
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/opkg

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