How do I install plugins / addons with the .ipk or .tgz file endings? I have a VU UNO with open PLI 3.0.
On some images like Blackhole, thereis an installer in the menu for these files -but not in openPLI.
How to install .ipk /.tgz on openPLI 3.0?
Started by BadBlake, 11 Nov 2012 11:45
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Re: How to install .ipk /.tgz on openPLI 3.0? #2
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Posted 11 November 2012 - 11:48
Because most files "in the wild" don't run on OpenPLi, they are made for a DMM (compatible) image.
If we would include an installer, this forum would be flooded with help requests after installing such plugins as any "noob" could install them without knowing what they were doing.
If we would include an installer, this forum would be flooded with help requests after installing such plugins as any "noob" could install them without knowing what they were doing.
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Re: How to install .ipk /.tgz on openPLI 3.0? #3
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Posted 11 November 2012 - 12:36
Ok, so in other words, installing a plugin with the .ipk / .tgz ending, can't be done?
I wanted to install a movie streamer called m2k movie streamer. I had this on my blackhole image and had a lot of movies. I have installed 1channel which is ok, but it seems, for some reason, that very many movies have to be downloaded -can't be streamed. so that's why I would like to try the m2k on the open pli.
I wanted to install a movie streamer called m2k movie streamer. I had this on my blackhole image and had a lot of movies. I have installed 1channel which is ok, but it seems, for some reason, that very many movies have to be downloaded -can't be streamed. so that's why I would like to try the m2k on the open pli.
Re: How to install .ipk /.tgz on openPLI 3.0? #4
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Posted 11 November 2012 - 19:03
Of course it can be done. In other words, someone unable to figure out how to install an ipk or tgz would most likely be nothing but trouble, unable to troubleshoot their own work... 
opkg install /path/to/some.ipk
tgz s are often enigma1 packages, so make sure it is in fact for e2 before installing. You may be better off extracting the file on your PC then manually FTPing the files into place according to it's structure. One could run something like:
tar xzf /path/to/some.tgz -C /
... on the DB, but again, as mentioned above, that isn't a very good idea, blindly installing before you know exactly what is inside the package... And all that said, as mentioned earlier in the thread, there's a pretty good posibility that packages from non-pli images may not work on pli...
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opkg install /path/to/some.ipk
tgz s are often enigma1 packages, so make sure it is in fact for e2 before installing. You may be better off extracting the file on your PC then manually FTPing the files into place according to it's structure. One could run something like:
tar xzf /path/to/some.tgz -C /
... on the DB, but again, as mentioned above, that isn't a very good idea, blindly installing before you know exactly what is inside the package... And all that said, as mentioned earlier in the thread, there's a pretty good posibility that packages from non-pli images may not work on pli...
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hemi
Re: How to install .ipk /.tgz on openPLI 3.0? #5
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Posted 25 November 2015 - 20:55
Hi i downloaded a skin ftp it but can't find it to install someone help please.
Re: How to install .ipk /.tgz on openPLI 3.0? #6
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Posted 26 November 2015 - 12:27
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Re: How to install .ipk /.tgz on openPLI 3.0? #7
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Posted 26 November 2015 - 15:30
How do I install plugins / addons with the .ipk or .tgz file endings? I have a VU UNO with open PLI 3.0.
Put the ipk file on a USB stick, in the root directory. Put the stick in the box. The box will ask you if you want to install the plugins when you do that, just follow the instructions.
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