On Monday, July 28, 2014 10:10:38 AM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Alexander Hiam <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > opkg is the package manager used on Angstrom, on Debian (now the default 
> > BeagleBone distro) the package manager is apt. You can for the most part 
> > replace 'opkg' with 'apt-get'. 
> > 
> > See http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sunday, July 27, 2014 3:06:08 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: 
> >> 
> >> I was trying an opkg update by providing the following: 
> >> root@beaglebone:~# opkg update 
> >> 
> >> I get the following error: 
> >> -bash: opkg: command not found 
> >> 
> >> What did I do wrong? 
>
>
> I wonder if I should just symlink "opkg -> apt-get" to hide this for 
> users following old directions. 
>

I don't think there's an 'apt-get list' though, which would make 'apt-cache 
search' seem random and more confusing. I think new documentation should 
take care of this in time. Or maybe symlink opkg to a script that tells 
them to use apt-get instead and points to some docs.


> The install/remove/update/upgrade are the same syntax: 
>
> http://botbrew.com/man-opkg.htm 
>
> Regards, 
>
> -- 
> Robert Nelson 
> http://www.rcn-ee.com/ 
>

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