Offline upgrade

[adoxa]

I don't have a network (judging from what I've read so far, I may be the only one ), so my T2 cannot perform online updates. Attached is a series of scripts to perform an offline upgrade, using a bit of back-and-forth between your PVR and computer. Windows users will need c­url; others will need to port the batch files. Instructions are included, but the basic process is: run setup-upgrade.sh on the PVR to switch the feeds to file (and run again to restore); run get-lists.bat on the computer to update the packages lists; run get-upgrade-list.sh on the PVR to update the lists and get a list of upgradable packages; run get-packages.bat on the computer to get the packages; then finally do a normal software update on the PVR to install.

[MrQuade]

Cripes. That's rather a lot of effort!

[Gully]

Hi Adoxa

Welcome and glad to see your contribution made it.

Have you considered powerline or wireless networking?

It would be a lot less hassle.

[adoxa]

Powerline? I could perhaps take the WiFi dongle out of the desktop and try it in the PVR, then use the laptop as an access point, or connect the PVR & laptop via ethernet. In both instances, I'd still need the USB modem to get a signal within range of the WiFi. So there's hassle anyway I go.

[Gully]

Powerline? I could perhaps take the WiFi dongle out of the desktop and try it in the PVR, then use the laptop as an access point, or connect the PVR & laptop via ethernet. In both instances, I'd still need the USB modem to get a signal within range of the WiFi. So there's hassle anyway I go.

Powerline adapters use the mains power circuit for networking. So you plug one into a power point near the Beyonwiz and use an ethernet cable from that to the Beyonwiz. Same thing near your desktop.

Main proviso is where they are plugged in needs to be on the same circuit.

Here's an example of one but of course there are other makes and other speeds.

http://www.tp-link.com.au/products/deta ... P-KIT.html

[MrQuade]

Powerline?

He means something like this.

You may also be able to buy a router with a wireless access point that can accommodate your USB modem (I assume you are on 4G Internet or similar). Having a dedicated router​ simplifies a lot of network hassles of your connection allows it.

Edit: beaten by Gully. Similar suggestion though

[adoxa]

$136, don't think so. I'm using a Telstra Turbo modem, so NextG. We almost had the nbn installed, but cancelled it, as it turns out we won't be needing it for the home phone.

[peteru]

Cat5e cable and Internet Connection Sharing on the PC? You can get a 30m cable for under $10.

[dRdoS7]

Hi,

Attached is a series of scripts to perform an offline upgrade, using a bit of back-and-forth between your PVR and computer.

I like that idea. Maybe I can use it (modified) and prevent the T2 from re-installing the plugins I don't want every time I do an online update.

Thanks,

dRdoS7

[Gully]

$136, don't think so. I'm using a Telstra Turbo modem, so NextG. We almost had the nbn installed, but cancelled it, as it turns out we won't be needing it for the home phone.

They were on special last week at $99 but each to their own.

[Grumpy_Geoff]

A pair of TP-LINK TL-PA211s is $49 at MSY (50Mbit/s, https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive ... #r31460485, and 40Mbit/s http://apcmag.com/power-me-up-tp-link-t ... eview.htm/)
A pair of TP-LINK TL-PA411s is $59.00,
http://www.msy.com.au/66-power-linesmart-plug


A wireless ethernet bridge can be had cheap also.
For example, this $39 TP-Link access point can also operate in ethernet bridge mode ("Client Mode") -
http://www.tp-link.com/lk/products/deta ... 801ND.html
http://www.tp-link.com/lk/faq-493.html

The $49 D-Link access point can also operate in ethernet bridge mode ("Wireless Client Mode")
http://www.dlink.com.au/home-solutions/ ... cess-point

[adoxa]

Gee, you're all pretty keen on getting me networked. Having telnet would be handy, but otherwise I'm content to leave the box offline.

Maybe I can use it (modified) and prevent the T2 from re-installing the plugins I don't want every time I do an online update.

It looks like there's code to exclude packages, but no way to set them. Try running

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opkg flag hold <packages>

[/size] and see how that goes.

[peteru]

The dependency solver moves in mysterious ways. It may not do everything that you want it to or it may do more than you wanted.

I managed to get a recent version of opkg into the 16.1 firmware, but opkg could still use more improvements. In particular, the solver backend capabilities are a bit of a tough one. The native solver can do some things that external solvers can't do, but it's perhaps not as good/robust.

By all means dRdoS7, experiment and try to make it do your bidding, but if things go pear-shaped, please ensure that the issue is present on a "standard" installation before reporting bugs.

[dRdoS7]

Hi,

The dependency solver moves in mysterious ways. It may not do everything that you want it to or it may do more than you wanted.

I managed to get a recent version of opkg into the 16.1 firmware, but opkg could still use more improvements. In particular, the solver backend capabilities are a bit of a tough one. The native solver can do some things that external solvers can't do, but it's perhaps not as good/robust.

By all means dRdoS7, experiment and try to make it do your bidding, but if things go pear-shaped, please ensure that the issue is present on a "standard" installation before reporting bugs.

If the online update didn't insist on re-installing plugins I've removed (HBBTV, WebCam, Gmail, & IceTV), I wouldn't need to experiment.

When I update, the number of packages is XX, but when the upgrade is completed it's XX+4. Is that "dependency solver" in action?

dRdoS7

[dRdoS7]

Hi,

I tried the bats & scripts, eventually, but there's nothing to update with yet!

I found it doesn't like spaces in dir names though, both OSes (OSs?) threw a "wobbly".

drdoS7

[prl]

...
I found it doesn't like spaces in dir names though, both OSes (OSs?) threw a "wobbly".
...

In shell scripts

"$var"

is your friend when there are spaces in the variable's contents.

Quoting in .bat files, though, requires the use of the Black Arts.

[adoxa]

I found it doesn't like spaces in dir names though, both OSes (OSs?) threw a "wobbly".

I considered wrapping variables in quotes, but decided to keep it simple, since spaces weren't used anywhere. I guess you must have extracted to a directory with spaces? If you really want spaces, I'll fix 'em... (And it turns out "OSs" is correct.)

[dRdoS7]

Hi,

I found it doesn't like spaces in dir names though, both OSes (OSs?) threw a "wobbly".

I considered wrapping variables in quotes, but decided to keep it simple, since spaces weren't used anywhere. I guess you must have extracted to a directory with spaces? If you really want spaces, I'll fix 'em... (And it turns out "OSs" is correct.)

No, I let the zip extract to the named directory, but then I copied the files to a USB stick into a dir with spaces. I've re-named it now, so I wouldn't bother to do anything to the files.

I'm sure others will read this thread, and now know not to have spaces in the dir name.

Just need some updates to try it out on.

Thanks,

dRdoS7

[prl]

... OSes (OSs?) ...

... it turns out "OSs" is correct.)

My old AGPS Style Guide is in agreement. I still think it looks odd, though.

[dRdoS7]

Hi,

I've found that when I have Iansav's Feed (enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-IanSavBeyonwizFeed_1.10_all.ipk) enabled, it creates errors in offline-upgrade.

This when running setup-upgrade.sh:

It creates an IanSav-Plugins directory OK.

This when running get-lists.bat:

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Updating package lists .curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'src.beyonwiz.org'
curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'IanSav-Plugins'
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feeds.lst:

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beta/17.5/inihde2/3rdparty
src/gz IanSav-Plugins https://iansav.bitbucket.io/feeds/Beyonwiz
beta/17.5/inihde2/all
beta/17.5/inihde2/beyonwizt2
beta/17.5/inihde2/inihde2
beta/17.5/inihde2/inihde2_3rdparty
beta/17.5/inihde2/mips32el

Thanks,

dRdoS7

[IanSav]

Hi dRdoS7,

This looks like a problem in the offline upgrade scripts written by Adoxa. Offline updates are not a standard feature.

The script appears to not be correctly processing all the available feeds.

Regards,
Ian.

[dRdoS7]

Hi,

Hi dRdoS7,

This looks like a problem in the offline upgrade scripts written by Adoxa. Offline updates are not a standard feature.

The script appears to not be correctly processing all the available feeds.

Regards,
Ian.

Yes, that's why I posted in this thread.

dRdoS7

[prl]

At a minimum, the sed commands in setup-upgrade.sh need to be extended to account for IanSav's feed URL if they are to work on systems that have Ian's IanSavBeyonwizFeed plugin installed.

e.g, from:

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  sed -r "s,^.*(feeds|beta).*/beyonwiz/,\1/," $src/*-feed.conf >$dst/feeds.lst
  sed -ri~ "s,http://(feeds|beta)\.beyonwiz\.org/beyonwiz,file://$dst/\1," $src/*-feed.conf

to something like:
^.*(feeds|beta).*/beyonwiz/,\1/,
https?://((feeds|beta)\.beyonwiz\.org/beyonwiz|iansav.bitbucket.io/feeds)

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  sed -r "s,^.*((feeds|beta).*/beyonwiz/,\1/|iansav.bitbucket.io/feeds),\1," $src/*-feed.conf >$dst/feeds.lst
  sed -ri~ "s,https?://((feeds|beta)\.beyonwiz\.org/beyonwiz|iansav.bitbucket.io/feeds),file://$dst/\1," $src/*-feed.conf

Or better, in general, to match the proto://host/first_path_element part of any URL, though getting that right is going to be a bit harder.

There may be other changes necessary, though something like those changes in setup-upgrade.sh are definitely needed if adoxa's offline update is to co-exist with using IanSav's feeds.

In the short term, you may just have to use manual installation of OverlayHD and uninstall IanSavBeyonwizFeed.

NB: code examples are untested suggestions. E&OE.

[adoxa]

Updated the zip in the first post. It uses a new directory structure (swapped 'em around, so it's BOX/VERSION/FEED instead of FEED/VERSION/BOX). It should work with multiple boxes (i.e. run the script on each box, then once on the computer). It's not smart, though, so duplicate files are not detected and will be downloaded multiple times.

[adoxa]

Turns out I didn't do it quite right, so updated again. This version should also be somewhat faster retrieving the updated packages. Still not smart, though.

[dRdoS7]

Hi,

Turns out I didn't do it quite right, so updated again. This version should also be somewhat faster retrieving the updated packages. Still not smart, though.

Nearly there:

Thanks,

dRdoS7

[adoxa]

Oops.