Dreambox Install Ipk Command Line
May 04, 2019 There are three common methods for installation of ipk files. 1- Telnet command by using Telnet from windows and better from DCC program. Transfer your ipk file to dreambox /tmp folder by dcc-ftp commands and put the following command in telnet window. Ok did this command opkg install /tmp/.ipk I managed to install vhannibal auto settings version 1.1 but when I updated online to version 1.4 something happened as the plugin disappears. So at the moment I have version 1.1. I cannot see this plugin in online feed.
Every Linux distribution based on Debian uses Debian packages as a method for installing and uninstalling the software. Debian packages are identified by the file extension .deb. They can be installed and uninstalled using graphical tools and the command line.
Why Install a .deb File Manually
Most of the time you use a package manager such as the Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic, or Muon to install the software in Debian-based distributions. If you prefer to use the command line, you are likely to use apt-get.
Some applications aren't available in the repositories and have to be downloaded from the vendors' websites. Be careful about downloading and installing Debian packages from sources that do not exist in the distribution's repositories.
Some of the biggest applications are delivered in this format, including Google's Chrome web browser. For this reason, it is important to know how to install the packages manually.
Where to Get a .deb File
For demonstration purposes, you need a .deb file to install.
This example uses the .deb file for a QR Code Creator. A QR code is one of those funny-looking symbols you see just about everywhere. When you focus on the QR Code with your mobile device, it takes you to a web page, almost like a hyperlink.
On the QR Code Creator page, there is a .deb file. Clicking on the link downloads the .deb file to your downloads folder.
How to Install .deb Packages
The tool used to install and uninstall Debian packages is called 'dpkg.' It is a command line tool. Through the use of switches, you can do many different things with it.
The first thing you want to do is install the package. Type the following into the command line:
For example to install the QR Code Creator the command is as follows:
If you prefer, you can also use --install instead of -i as follows:
What Happens If It Breaks?
When you install a any type of package on a Linux system, there's a good chance that it's going to depend on other packages, often called dependencies. Dpkg doesn't have automatic dependency resolution, meaning that it won't pull the packages that your package requires. Often times, this leads to errors when installing a .deb package with dpkg.
There's a simple solution. After your install fails, run the following command to use the Apt package manager, which does have dependency resolution, to sort out the mess and fix anything that's broken.
You can shorten that to:
Apt will clean up what dpkg broke, and install both your package and its dependencies.
Installing With Apt
You do have another option when it comes to installing .deb packages on your system. The Apt package manager, the same one you use to update your system and install new packages from the Web, can also install packages locally on your system.
As previously discussed, Apt has the advantage of automatic dependency resolution, so you won't need to worry about things ever breaking in the first place. Apt will handle both your package and anything that it may need.
To use Apt, simply point it in the direction of whichever .deb package you want to install.
If you want to play it extra safe, you can add the 'fix broken' flag from before to ensure that Apt gets everything.
What Is in a .deb File?
If you have ever wondered what makes up a .deb package, you can run the following command to extract the files from a package without installing it.
This command extracts the contents of the qr-code-creator package into a folder called qrcodecreator located in the home folder (/home/qrcodecreator). The destination folder qrcodecreator must already exist.
In the case of qr code creator, the contents are as follows:
- usr
- usr -> bin
- usr -> bin -> qr-code-creator
- usr -> share
- usr -> share -> applications
- usr -> share -> applications -> qr-code-creator.desktop
- usr -> share -> doc
- usr -> share -> doc -> qr-code-creator
- usr -> share -> doc -> qr-code-creator -> changelog.gz
- usr -> share -> doc -> qr-code-creator -> copyright
- usr -> share -> man
- usr -> share -> man -> man1
- usr -> share -> man -> man1 -> qr-code-creator.1.gz
- usr -> share -> pixmaps
- usr -> share -> pixmaps -> qr-code-creator.png
- usr -> share -> qr-code-creator
Removing .deb Packages
Remove a Debian package using the following command:
If you want to remove the configuration files as well, use the following command:
Apt can handle these too, and you won't need to remember the whole version number, just the actual name of the package.
If you are using a Ubuntu-based distribution, just double-click on the .deb file, and it loads into the Software Center. Then, click install.
Although graphical user interface (GUI) has almost become synonymous with personal computing these days, systems still exist that only offer command line interface (CLI). Even if you don’t use these CLI-based systems, sometimes when you’re troubleshooting a problem, you have to switch your system to command line mode.
What if there’s a need to access the Internet when your system is running in command line mode? Are there any tools that let you quickly browse the Web from the command line? Thankfully, the answer is yes, with one such tool being the Lynx Web browser, and we’ll be discussing it in this article.
Lynx
While its official documentation describes it as a “WWW client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices,” Lynx – in layman’s terms – is an open source Web browser that lets you access websites from the command line. Being command line-based, the tool only displays the text part of a Web page, although it can be configured to open any images or videos through an external program.
The browser came into existence way back in 1992, making it the oldest Web browser currently in general use and development.
Download and Install
Slmgr Ipk Command
Downloading and installing Lynx is easy on Ubuntu – all you have to do is run the following command:
The above command installed version 2.8.9dev.8 on my system. In case you don’t want to settle for anything less than the latest available version, you can easily fetch it from the tool’s official website.
Usage
Once installed successfully, you can launch the Web browser by running the following command in terminal:
This will open the browser’s official website on the command line.
As you can see, the text portion of the website is displayed by Lynx. Here, the words or text snippets highlighted in green color are actually hyperlinks. Pressing the up/down arrow keys on your keyboard will automatically take you to the previous/next hyperlink. To follow a link, either press Enter or the right arrow key.
Lynx also displays a list of common commands at the bottom of the screen, which is especially helpful for new users.
To open a specific website, run the Lynx command followed by the website URL as argument. For example, here’s how you can open Google in the Web browser:
To find a word on the webpage opened in Lynx, press the ‘/’ key, enter the keyword, and then press Enter. In the same way, to bookmark a page, press the ‘a’ key, followed by ‘d.’ Use the ‘v’ command to view the list of bookmarks you’ve saved.
Here’s a look at a couple of other prominent websites when opened in the Web browser.
Wall Street Journal
CNN
In addition to websites, you can also use Lynx to open files kept locally. For example, the following command opened a file named ‘test’ located on my desktop:
It’s worth mentioning that, by default, Lynx will only let you view local files. However, you can specify an editor in the Options Menu if you want to edit files on the go. To go to the Options Menu press ‘O,’ and once there, specify the editor name in the Editor field. For example, I specified ‘gedit.’
Once this setting is done you can launch the editor by pressing the ‘e’ key. After you’re done with the changes, exit the editor and return to the Web browser which will now display the updated file.
For more information on Lynx as well as the features/options it provides, head to the Web browser’s user guide available on its official website.
Conclusion
Dreambox Install Ipk Command Line
Despite being a command line-based Web browser, Lynx is neither difficult to use, nor difficult to understand. Of course, it can’t be regarded as a full-fledged Web browser, but that’s not its aim anyway. It’s worth knowing that Lynx can even be used to determine the way search engines and Web crawlers see a website, making it a handy tool for website designers as well.