Installing ipkg and Python on ASUS RT-N56U Router (Busybox)

Categories: Linux; Tagged with: ; @ May 15th, 2016 15:59
  1. enable ssh
  2. mount your usb drive – make sure it’s not vfat, you may need to format your disk:
    # mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
  3. update ipkg.sh:
    # mkdir -p /media/AiDisk_a1/opt
    # mount -o bind /media/AiDisk_a1/opt/ /opt/
    # mkdir -p /opt/tmp/ipkg
    # ipkg.sh update
  4. install ipkg:
    # ipkg.sh install ipkg-opt
  5. install python:
    ipkg install python27

Useful links:

ASUS RT-N56U or hardware NAT acceleration

Error Message:

Unpacking ipkg-opt...tar: can't create symlink from ./opt/bin/ipkg-opt to ipkg: Operation not permitted
tar: can't create symlink from ./opt/lib/libipkg.so to libipkg.so.0.0.0: Operation not permitted
tar: can't create symlink from ./opt/lib/libipkg.so.0 to libipkg.so.0.0.0: Operation not permitted
Done.
Configuring ipkg-opt...Done.

Make sure that your usb drive is not ‘vfat’



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