Optware

Optware

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Originally created for the    firmware, Optware is an advanced package manager used for distribution of additional software packages on various operating systems.

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What is Optware?

Optware was originally developed as a distribution mechanism for software for the   project for the   (a small low cost network storage device). That consumer storage device ran on , and the community opened it up, but they needed a lightweight distribution mechanism for their lightweight devices.

Since 2004 Optware has been adopted by a variety of  communities and device developers including the  community working on the  and , and developers for devices as diverse as  WL-500g,WL-HDD, WL-500gx, WL-500gP , the  DS-101,  (PogoPlug V1, V2, Pro, Biz, Dockstars, etc.) and DS-101g+ NAS devices. In late 2010, the first Optware for  was released by the Novaports team for the . See other platforms for a partial list.

At its core, Optware is a  to allow you to easly install and uninstall   applications on your device over the internet. At this time, optware supports the automatic download and installation of over 1500 programs.

Despite the Optware package system being made available on many platforms, much of the documentation hasn't been updated so you may still see references to Unslung and the NSLU2 when the information also applies to other platforms. Don't panic.

Optware is now also used on the  firmware for the  and other Linux based devices like the  and the  disk station.

Optware platforms

Optware packages currently run on the following devices:

•  with  

• with  and WL-700gE WL-HDD with Oleg's or  or  

• DS-101 with custom bootstrapping

• DS-101g+ with custom bootstrapping

• DS-101j with custom bootstrapping

• Shared Storage with OpenMSS firmware

• Shared Storage II (MSSII) with custom bootstrapping

•Iomega NAS 100d with LudeOS

• N800/N810 from cs05q1armel feed (install ipkg-opt).

•Freecom FSG-3 with custom bootstrapping 

• and Pre Plus (install ipkg-opt from Preware)

• and Pixi Plus (install ipkg-opt from Preware)

•  (install ipkg-opt from Preware)

• (Sheevaplug, Pogoplug V1, V2, Pro, Biz, Dockstar, etc.)

• devices (, etc.)

And many more...

References

1.  NSLU2-Linux - Optware / Home Page
2.  NSLU2-Linux - Optware / Packages browse
3.  DD-WRT Wiki - Optware
4.  Freecom - FSG3 page
5.  NSLU2-Linux - Optware / Plug Computers
6.  Nookdevs - The Nookdevs.com Optware page

[]External links

• Optware Home Page
• Optware Feeds