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opkg - Package manager for OpenWrt

Synopsis

Manages OpenWrt packages

Options

parameter required default choices comments
force
(added in 2.0)
 no absent
  • depends
  • maintainer
  • reinstall
  • overwrite
  • downgrade
  • space
  • postinstall
  • remove
  • checksum
  • removal-of-dependent-packages
opkg --force parameter used
name
 yes
    name of package to install/remove
    state
    		 no present
    • present
    • absent
    state of the package
    update_cache
    		 no no
    • yes
    • no
    update the package db first

    Examples

    - opkg: name=foo state=present
- opkg: name=foo state=present update_cache=yes
- opkg: name=foo state=absent
- opkg: name=foo,bar state=absent
- opkg: name=foo state=present force=overwrite

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