opkg on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "opkg" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install opkg on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall opkg on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "opkg" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone opkg's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/opkg.git 
            
                        
                ~/opkg
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/opkg folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/opkg
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the opkg package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1158483
Name: opkg
PackageBaseID: 115495
PackageBase: opkg
Version: 0.6.0-1
Description: Opkg is a lightweight package management system based upon ipkg
URL: https://code.google.com/archive/p/opkg/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Zrax
Submitter: Zrax
FirstSubmitted: 1473911821
LastModified: 1666970500
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/opkg.tar.gz