ipkg problem

[enemy_cow]

hullo all:

ive noticed that using ipkg to install packages sometimes works and sometimes doesn\'t.  im attempting to install opieftp, and i get the error \"Cannot find package <opieftp>.ipk.  Check the spelling or perhaps run \'ipkg update\'\".

im quite sure that the spelling is indeed correct, and i attempted to do an ipkg update.  any insight into what might be the problem here?

[lardman]

Corrupted package?

Try ar -x packagename and see whether you get anything extracted.

Si

[enemy_cow]

yes, three files were extracted.  install these manually?

[enemy_cow]

also, it should be noted that several of the files that arent behaving properly were retrieved from the opie applications download page.