Questions regarding firmwares 7.14+

NETWORKING SOLUTIONS
1

I read about the read only file system after 7.14, but have a few unanswered questions.

Will I be able to use crontab’s ?

Will I be able to use pip install?`

Will I be able to use WRT as source for installs ?

5

Hello,

Apologies for the delayed response.

Yes, crontab still functions as in previous firmware versions.

pip install is not supported due to a version mismatch between the available pip package and the installed Python version (3.11). Installing pip has been tested on RUTOS 7.14.3 and does not work reliably.

Could you please clarify what you mean? If you’re referring to using package Makefiles from the OpenWrt project to build packages with the RUTOS SDK, then yes, this is supported.

Best regards,

6

Can I use: opkg -e /etc/opkg/openwrt/distfeeds.conf install

and install packages ?

7

Hello,

For the majority of packages, yes — they should work without issues. However, for services that include init scripts, you will need to modify the path to the service binary, as it will typically be located under /usr/local.

Best regards,