Installing expat as a pre-req for SlimServer on an NSLU2

[furrypop]

Hi,

I've got a LinkSys NSLU2 and wish to run SlimServer on it. I've read a lot of war stories and all the prep seemed to be going OK but, just before getting to the bit where you actually install the SlimServer software, I've hit a wall with some packages that I don't seem to be able to install and I've thus far failed to work out what's wrong.

I was writing some instructions, partly as a reference for myself and partly in the spirit of providing a "tale from the front line" for anyone else wishing to try this. The output and errors encountered can be seen here (about halfway down, look for "SLIMSERVER").

I've followed the instructions on the NSLU2 Linux Home Page, and had got as far as the bit halfway down here (Installing Slimserver on the NSLU2).

In a nutshell, I'm running:-

$ ipkg install expat

...and I'm getting...

Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Collected errors:
Cannot find package expat.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'

And, frankly, I'm bemused. All other install commands (eg for Samba, Perl, etc) have worked really nicely. I'm sure it's easy!

Thanks for any ideas,

J.

[furrypop]

Having found the Rod Whitbury post in:-
http://www.nabble.com/I-want-to-inst...html#a12322560

And also how to install Optware (apparently an alternative feed for packages, not very well explained):-
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/Slugosbe

I ran:-

$ feed=http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable
$ ipk_name=`wget -qO- $feed/Packages | awk '/^Filename: ipkg-opt/ {print $2}'`
$ wget $feed/$ipk_name
$ tar -xOvzf $ipk_name ./data.tar.gz | tar -C / -xzvf -
$ sed -i -e 's|/stable|/unstable|' /opt/etc/ipkg.conf
$ /opt/bin/ipkg update
$ /opt/bin/ipkg install expat

...and this time the result was...

root@SLUG1:/$ /opt/bin/ipkg install expat
Installing expat (2.0.1-1) to /opt/...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugosbe/cross/unstable/expat_2.0.1-1_armeb.ipk
Configuring expat
Successfully terminated.

J.

[bulletmark]

Hi,
I've got a LinkSys NSLU2 and wish to run SlimServer on it.

Just a quick comment. I don't run SS/SC on a NSLU2 but if I was going to then I would install standard debian as per
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/ since you then have simple access to thousands of standard debian packages and all installed in the usual way, e.g. apt-get install whatever or aptitude install whatever, etc.