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Old 12-05-2006, 03:05 AM   #6
narve
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Originally Posted by arivero
there is a -root and a -o. I believe that the difference is that -root installs onto the memory but keeps the install info along the other packages in the main directory, while -o executes a completely external install (then not easy to uninstall because you must tell where the installing info is).
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Btw, ipkg supports the same functionality:

edit /etc/ipkg.conf

add a new destination dir, e.g. /media/card/ipkg, in addition to "/" which is the default.

Then use ipkg -d mmc install <mypackage.ipkg>
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