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EzerchE

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Error Linkling
« on: April 06, 2006, 02:41:17 pm »
i have opie, when i try to upgrade in packet manager, it gives error and says:

"Error linkling '/home/packages/usr/share/...'"

what can i do?

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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2006, 03:09:39 pm »
i find that warning:
You can upgrade all of your installed packages to latest version: ipkg upgrade WARNING! Only run "ipkg upgrade" when when opie is not running.

how can i upgrade when opie is not running? And then why package manager contains upgrade function?

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« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2006, 06:20:52 am »
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"Error linkling '/home/packages/usr/share/...'"

what can i do?

Do you have enough space on root?

It may not actually be a problem if the /usr/share directory exists.

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how can i upgrade when opie is not running? And then why package manager contains upgrade function?

Run '/etc/init.d/opie stop' (iirc), then 'ipkg upgrade' from the command line.

I'd recommend against ever using 'ipkg upgrade' to tell the truth, especially if you have, as a guess, less than half of your root fs free (due to the way jffs2 reclaims memory).


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« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2006, 02:26:45 pm »
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i have opie, when i try to upgrade in packet manager, it gives error and says:

"Error linkling '/home/packages/usr/share/...'"

what can i do?

Thanks.
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try installing from the command line. I had the same problem and when I install fro the command line it works fine. here's how you do it.

ipkg update
ipkg install <package name> -d home
ipkg-link add <package name>

the first line updates the package lists from the feed.
<package name> is the name of the package you want to install ie: opie-remote
the -d home will install the package to home, other alternatives are root (very small so it is not recommended to install packages here) and card which is your SD card
ipkg-link add    adds the necessary links.
« Last Edit: June 23, 2006, 02:28:34 pm by hakujin »
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