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Updating/installing packages on VenusGX running Venus 2.70~3-large-10 broken

Hi Jeroen, Matthijs,

root@beaglebone:~# opkg update
Downloading https://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/packages/zeus/all/Packages.gz.
Downloading https://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/packages/zeus/cortexa8hf-neon/Packages.gz.
Downloading https://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/packages/zeus/beaglebone/Packages.gz.
Collected errors:
* opkg_download_backend: Failed to download https://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/packages/zeus/all/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
* opkg_download_backend: Failed to download https://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/packages/zeus/cortexa8hf-neon/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
* opkg_download_backend: Failed to download https://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/packages/zeus/beaglebone/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.

/etc/opkg/venus.conf refers to zeus; should this be rocko?

In any case, I've downloaded the packages I needed from packages/rocko/cortexa8hf-neon and installed those; working beautifully.

Kind regards,
Jan


Venus OSVenus GX - VGX
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mvader (Victron Energy) answered ·

This is what it is, will be fixed once v2.70 is officially in candidate

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jbakuwel avatar image jbakuwel commented ·

Hi Matthijs. Thanks for the prompt response. Jan


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Ian Jordan answered ·

Could someone let me know how to manually install the packages. I'm trying to follow this guide: https://github.com/aaronsb/victronvenussupport/blob/master/venus_rpi_enablement.md

but now that the opkg update doesn't work I need some help getting the touchscreen set up, etc.


Thanks in advance.

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mvader (Victron Energy) avatar image mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ commented ·

They’re not available at the moment.


what I could perhaps do is make them all pre-installed.


does anyone know if there are any disadvantages of installing those packages always? Perhaps for systems with no screen or systems with a normal screen (no touch)?

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Ian Jordan avatar image Ian Jordan mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ commented ·

Is there a manual workaround for now?

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jbakuwel avatar image jbakuwel Ian Jordan commented ·

Hi @Jordash184,

You could download packages from

https://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/packages/rocko/cortexa7hf-neon-vfpv4/

or

https://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/packages/rocko/cortexa8hf-neon/

or

https://updates.victronenergy.com/feeds/venus/release/packages/rocko/cortexa9hf-neon/

depending on your architecture and then install them with:

opkg install <package>

That worked for me when I needed a specific package.

cheers,
Jan

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Ian Jordan avatar image Ian Jordan jbakuwel commented ·

OK thanks, I'm afraid I'm a real beginner at this. So I'm not even sure what commands to use and where to download onto my RPi. This is a fresh install of the 'large' version.

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Ian Jordan avatar image Ian Jordan Ian Jordan commented ·

OK, I think I figured it out. I went to venus.conf in the /etc/opkg and changed the address from Venus to Rocko. opkg seems to be working.


Thanks to those who took the time to answer my earlier questions, really appreciate it.

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mvader (Victron Energy) avatar image mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ Ian Jordan commented ·

ok, good that that works; careful though: the (rocko) repository you're system is now downloading packages from was (a) built with/for a different kernel version, and (b) different openembedded version.

Conclusion of that: for everything that works, be happy. And everything that doesn't work: don't be surprised that things don't work. :)

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Ian Jordan avatar image Ian Jordan mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ commented ·

Ah OK, thanks for the heads up. I suppose as and when the 2.70 Large is released I can update the firmware and change that file back to original.

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mvader (Victron Energy) answered ·

Hey all, short update: v2.70 is in candidate now; and today we released v2.70~9, which fixes an issue with the opkg-es. They work again.

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code-chief answered ·

Although the packages are not published in the release path you can correct it. They do appear to be published by Victron in the other parent directories corresponding to the image type (development, testing or release).

For example, in VenusOS v2.80 test release 22 I had to change three lines from ".../release/packages/..." to ".../testing/packages/...".

nano /etc/opkg/venus.config

Correct paths, press CTRL+O, ENTER to save then CTRL+X to exit.

opkg update

It would be nice if the VenusOS image included a variable and used it here, then it would be fully automatic so long as the build system configures it automatically. Alternatively, just correct these paths as part of the build, but a variable would be better, then other people could use it.

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mvader (Victron Energy) avatar image mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ commented ·

Hi, what we advise is to follow the instructions in the manual ;o).


see set-feed.sh


https://github.com/victronenergy/venus/wiki/commandline-introduction#opkg

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code-chief avatar image code-chief mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ commented ·

Thanks, that works and is much cleaner than hacking files. Have you thought about automatically setting the correct feed as you build and release the test images? That would make testing more intuitive especially for people testing 3rd party hardware and software add-ons or automation (the first thing we need to do is install packages).

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mvader (Victron Energy) avatar image mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ code-chief commented ·
Yes a bit, but as its now a readonly rootfs, its not so straightforward


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mvader (Victron Energy) avatar image mvader (Victron Energy) ♦♦ commented ·
Ps better don’t use the testing feed. And stick to candidate or release.
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