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-====== Entware ======+====== Entware Installation and Usage ======
  
-Entware is a software package installerIt allows you to install programs that can't be included into FreshTomato itself, mainly due to most routers' limited flash RAM size. This example assumes you have a USB flash drive mounted under /mnt/sda1. If you need more details about configuring USB storage before reading this, see the [[:usb_support|USB Support]] page.+\\ [[https://entware.net/about.html|Entware]] is a software repository for network attached storage, routers and other embedded devices[[http://bin.entware.net/armv7sf-k3.2/Packages.html|2500+ packages]] are available for different platforms. Entware packages are full versions of programs/commands found in common Linux distributions. You can expand upon the BusyBox versions of commands included with FreshTomato and install packages not already installed. This allows you to "//push the limits//" of your router. 
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 +For more details on how to use Entware, see: [[https://github.com/Entware/Entware/wiki#using-repo|The Entware Wiki]] 
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 +There you can also find current, in-depth instructions for installing Entware in FreshTomato: [[https://github.com/Entware/Entware/wiki/Install-on-TomatoUSB-and-FreshTomato#entware-on-freshtomato-and-other-tomatousb-forks|Entware on FreshTomato (and other TomatoUSB forks)]] 
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 + \\ This example assumes you have a USB flash drive mounted at: /mnt/sda1. If you need more details about configuring USB storage, please see the [[nas-usb|USB Support]] menu. 
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 First, create the opt folder and mount it: First, create the opt folder and mount it:
-<code> 
  
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 +<code ->
 mkdir /mnt/sda1/opt mkdir /mnt/sda1/opt
 mount -o bind /mnt/sda1/opt /opt mount -o bind /mnt/sda1/opt /opt
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 </code> </code>
  
-Now you can run the installation command: + \\   \\  Then, you can run the installation command:  \\  \\
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-<code>+
  
 +<code ->
 /usr/sbin/entware-install.sh /usr/sbin/entware-install.sh
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 </code> </code>
  
-Finally, you can install the packages you want e.g. + \\   \\ Finally, you can install the packages you want, for example:  \\  \\
-<code>+
  
 +<code ->
 opkg update opkg update
 opkg upgrade opkg upgrade
 opkg install htop opkg install htop
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 </code> </code>
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 + \\
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 + \\
  
  
entware_installation_usage.1621376084.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/05/18 23:14 by pedro