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[justinTM]

Hi all,

I believe I have a solution for a user whose post was automatically closed by the bot without a solution.

FW RUTX_R_00.07.06.3 Could not install PIP

Hello, I noticed when I was setting up a RUTX12 to run some python scripts that after I updated to the latest firmware (RUTX_R_00.07.06.3) I could not download pip for python. After installing python3 from the package manager I tried running the command in the CLI: opkg install python3-pip Only to get the error: Unknown package ‘python3-pip’ I did a opkg update and tried again but got the same error. When running opkg list and looking through the list sure enough I could not find pip there. …

The solution is “try running opkg update before the install command”

Hopefully a forum admin can re-open, post the solution, and close?

Thanks,

Justin

[Daumantas]

Hello,

In order to install OpenWRT packages on the newer firmware, additional feeds file needs to be specified. To install pip, run the following commands:

opkg update -e /etc/opkg/openwrt/distfeeds.conf
opkg install python3-pip -e /etc/opkg/openwrt/distfeeds.conf

Packages that had their compatibility checked and approved by our developers will be added to our own opkg repository.

Best regards,