opkg
opkg (open package management) is a lightweight package management system based upon ipkg. It is written in C and resembles Advanced Package Tool (APT)/dpkg in operation. It is intended for use on embedded Linux devices and is used in this capacity in the OpenEmbedded and OpenWrt projects.[2]
| Developer(s) | Alejandro del Castillo, Paul Barker, Thomas Wood, Tick Chen, Graham Gower |
|---|---|
| Preview release | 0.4.2
/ December 16, 2019[1] |
| Repository |  |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Package management system |
| License | GPL v2 |
| Website | git |
Opkg was originally forked from ipkg by the Openmoko project.[3] More recently, development of opkg has moved from its old Google Code repository to Yocto Project where it is actively maintained again.
Opkg packages use the .ipk extension.
References
- "opkg - Opkg lightweight package management system".
- "Opkg Package Manager". OpenWrt. 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- "Openmoko: Opkg". 2010-06-29. Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
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