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| - | ====== Prepare OpenWRT | + | ====== Prepare OpenWRT |
| ===== Prepare The System ===== | ===== Prepare The System ===== | ||
| * This page will cover the preparation work for you to be able to build OpenWRT with the MESHdesk packages included. | * This page will cover the preparation work for you to be able to build OpenWRT with the MESHdesk packages included. | ||
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| sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion git-core libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev gawk flex quilt libssl-dev xsltproc libxml-parser-perl unzip mercurial | sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion git-core libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev gawk flex quilt libssl-dev xsltproc libxml-parser-perl unzip mercurial | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| + | ==== Location for the SDK ==== | ||
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| * Create the location for the SDK | * Create the location for the SDK | ||
| * Our suggestion is to create a folder that will indicate the version of the firmware you'll be building. | * Our suggestion is to create a folder that will indicate the version of the firmware you'll be building. | ||
| - | * Here we create a folder for the **22.03.0** release. | + | |
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| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| # Create the working directory | # Create the working directory | ||
| - | mkdir 22.03.0 | + | mkdir 23.05.2 |
| # Change to our working directory | # Change to our working directory | ||
| - | cd 22.03.0 | + | cd 23.05.2 |
| </ | </ | ||
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| + | ===== Checkout the SDK ===== | ||
| + | * Do a clean checkout of the OpenWrt repository. | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | git clone https:// | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * This repository has various branches. To see which branches are available and which one we are currently set to use, issue the following command. | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | #We may first need to change our directory to the openwrt directory | ||
| + | cd openwrt | ||
| + | git branch -a | ||
| + | #Also to see the tags | ||
| + | git tag -l | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * We will be checking out the **v23.05.2** tag. | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | git checkout v23.05.2 | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * Confirm that this **v23.05.2** is now checked out. | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | git branch | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * Update the package feeds. | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Install the required packages ===== | ||
| + | * Ensure the following packages are installed since they are required by the MESHdesk package. | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | #For backward compatibility in 23.05 with older Luci libs | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | #Add the iptables translator package to translate iptables to nftables | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | #Add these Luci packages | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | #If you are going to implement OpenVPN tunnels | ||
| + | ./ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * Everything is now prepared for us to add the MESHdesk package. | ||
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