You have to be careful with damaged downloads cause in most cases the damaged file is in browsercache and when you try to redownload it, you get the damaged file again. Optware was originally developed as a distribution mechanism for software for the Unslung Linux project for the Linksys NSLU2 (a small low cost network storage device). Installshield silent install. That consumer storage device ran on Linux, and the community opened it up, but they needed a lightweight distribution mechanism for their lightweight devices.

Ipkg version 0.99.154 usage: ipkg [options.] sub-command [arguments.] where sub-command is one of: Package Manipulation: update Update list of available packages upgrade Upgrade all installed packages to latest version install Download and install (and dependencies) install Install package configure [] Configure unpacked packages remove Remove package flag. Flag package(s) =hold noprune user ok installed unpacked (one per invocation) Informational Commands: list List available packages and descriptions list_installed List all and only the installed packages and description files List all files belonging to search Search for a package providing info [pkg regexp] Display all info for status [pkg regexp] Display all status for download Download to current directory. Compare_versions compare versions using >= = > print_architecture prints the architecture. Print_installation_architecture whatdepends [-A] [pkgname pat]+ whatdependsrec [-A] [pkgname pat]+ whatprovides [-A] [pkgname pat]+ whatconflicts [-A] [pkgname pat]+ whatreplaces [-A] [pkgname pat]+ prints the installation architecture. Options: -A Query all packages with whatdepends, whatprovides, whatreplaces, whatconflicts -V Set verbosity level to.

If no value is --verbosity provided increase verbosity by one. Verbosity levels: 0 errors only 1 normal messages (default) 2 informative messages 3 debug output -f Use as the ipkg configuration file -conf Default configuration file location is /etc/ipkg.conf -d Use as the the root directory for -dest package installation, removal, upgrading. Should be a defined dest name from the configuration file, (but can also be a directory name in a pinch). -o Use as the root directory for -offline offline installation of packages. -verbose_wget more wget messages Force Options (use when ipkg is too smart for its own good): -force-depends Make dependency checks warnings instead of errors Install/remove package in spite of failed dependences -force-defaults Use default options for questions asked by ipkg. (no prompts). Note that this will not prevent package installation scripts from prompting.

-force-reinstall Allow ipkg to reinstall a package. -force-overwrite Allow ipkg to overwrite files from another package during an install. -force-downgrade Allow ipkg to downgrade packages. -force_space Install even if there does not seem to be enough space.