Setup

Docker environment

Start with bash shell:

docker build -t ubuntu-lede github.com/JoinOzone/openwrt-lede.git
docker run -it --name=lede -v ./bin:/home/openwrt/openwrt/bin ubuntu-lede

Ensure that bin is writable by the "openwrt" user in container:

• TODO

Installation

• put new packages into package/:
  • e.g. docker cp example* lede:/home/openwrt/openwrt/package

Then, inside the container:

• make menuconfig select a target
• make defconfig
• make menuconfig
  • select packages and configure
• make package/wrtminer/{clean,compile,install} -j1 V=s

Packages will be in bin

Examples from https://github.com/mwarning/lede-examples

This project contains multiple examples to show how to package an application for LEDE. The examples were tested with the LEDE-17.01 release.

Feel free to submit new examples and fix errors! :-)

example1:

• dummy daemon written C that forks into background and exits after some (configurable) time.
• the following files will be installed:
  • /usr/bin/example1
  • /etc/config/example1
  • /etc/init.d/example1
• cmake build system
• source code is part of the package

example2

• dummy program written in C that just prints out a message
• the following files will be installed:
  • /usr/bin/example2
• make build system
• source code is part of the package
• package let you select features called "foo" and "bar"

These examples are licensed under CC0-1.0 / placed into Public Domain.

Official OpenWrt/LEDE packages can be found here and are a good reference:

• https://github.com/openwrt/packages
• https://github.com/openwrt-routing/packages

Build Images and Packages

These are the instructions to build an image for your router including the example applications:

git clone git://git.lede-project.org/source.git
cd source

./scripts/feeds update -a
./scripts/feeds install -a

git clone https://github.com/mwarning/lede-examples.git
cp -rf lede-examples/example* package/
rm -rf lede-examples/

make defconfig
make menuconfig

Now select the right "Target System" and "Target Profile" for your target device. Also select the examples you like to build:

• "Utilities" => "example1"
• "Network" => "VPN" => "example2"

Packages are selected when there is a <*> in front of the name (hit the space bar twice).

Finally - build the image:

make

You can now flash your router using the correct image file inside ./bin/targets/. The images usually contain all build packages already. The single *.ipk packages are located in ./bin/packages, in case you want to install them on other devices.

To install/update a package, transfer the ipk file to your target device to /tmp/ using scp. The package can then be installed calling e.g. opkg install myapp-0.1-1.ipk.

Install/Test Packages

To test your program you need to login into your router (telnet or ssh).

• example1: You can execute example1 or /etc/init.d/example1 start on the console. The application will show a short message before it disconnects from the console and runs for some seconds as background process before it exits. The duration can be configured in /etc/config/example1.

• example2: example2on the console will just start that program.

Use Remote Source Location

This is the most common package configuration. The source code is downloaded as a compressed file from somewhere on the Internet.

First part of an example package Makefile:

include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk

PKG_NAME:=netdata
PKG_VERSION:=1.4.0
PKG_RELEASE:=3
PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Engberg <daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net>
PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0
PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING

PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://firehol.org/download/netdata/releases/v$(PKG_VERSION)
PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=3028b87ee19e8550df6b9decc49733d595e0bd6e

The source code can also be checked out from a remote git repository by branch, tag or commit id:

First part of an example package Makefile:

include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk

PKG_NAME:=stoken
PKG_VERSION:=0.8
PKG_REV:=c4d79ffbf5053e44be4b64da22b1b7fb6a51daf2
PKG_RELEASE:=2

PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/cernekee/stoken.git

PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=$(PKG_REV)
PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_REV).tar.gz
PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)

PKG_REV can be a branch name or commit id (sha1 hash).

Use Local Source Location

For development purposes, it is often useful to specify a local repository on the same computer to apply new commits and build new images/packages without much hassle.

1. Create a soft link called git-src in the same folder of your package Makefile. I needs to point to the .git folder of your local repository checkout.

ln -s /my/own/project/repo/example3/.git lede/package/example3/git-src

2. Call make menuconfig in your lede folder and enable this feature:

"Advanced configuration options (for developers)" => "Enable package source tree override"

3. In your git repository folder, create new commits and then rebuild your package in the lede folder:

make package/example3/{clean,compile} V=s

4. Your package should now appear in bin/packages/.

Be aware that changes will only be included in the binary when they are part of a commit!