Not all optware feeds have native toolchain. The optware-devel is just a meta
package, it includes native toolchain if one is available. In the case of
optware/slugos5{be,le}, you should use /usr/bin/opkg to install native gcc ipk.

-Brian

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "david90210david" <david@...> wrote:
>
>
> I am trying to install a native toolchain to my NSLU2 with SlugOS/BE
> installed. It is very frustrating; many of the instructions in the WIKI
> are outdated, and many of the external links do not work. I finally
> found one that seemed reasonable, at
> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/NativelyCompileUnslungPackages
> <http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/NativelyCompileUnslungPackages> .
> Based on it, I tried "ipkg install optware-devel" and it merrily churned
> for several minutes before giving an error, something about wget-ssl not
> being compatible with wget. (I also tried it with "opkg", but no joy
> there at all. How do you know which to use?)
>
> I uninstalled wget and then manually installed wget-ssl, which seemed to
> work fine. Then I tried rerunning "ipkg install optware-devel", and it
> reported success almost immediately. But there's still no compiler. No
> gcc, no cc, no cl, nothing. I tried uninstalling the package using
> "ipkg -V 2 -force-removal-of-dependent-packages -recursive remove
> optware-devel", and various other combinations, which all reported
> success. However, when I repeat the "ipkg install optware-devel" (or
> even "ipkg -V 2 -force-reinstall install optware-devel"), it returns
> almost immediately and reports success, but there's still no compiler.
> Here's the output from that last incantation:
>
> # ipkg -V 2 -force-reinstall install optware-devel
> pkg_info_preinstall_check: updating arch priority for each package
> pkg_info_preinstall_check: update file owner list
> Reinstalling optware-devel (6.8-9) on root...
> Downloading
> http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugos5be/cross/unstable/optwa\
> re-devel_6.8-9_armeb.ipk
> <http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/slugos5be/cross/unstable/optw\
> are-devel_6.8-9_armeb.ipk>
> Running script //opt/lib/ipkg/info/optware-devel.preinst
> installing maintainer scripts
> installing data files
> extracting data files to /
> creating optware-devel.list file
> creating //opt/lib/ipkg/info/optware-devel.list file for pkg
> optware-devel
> resolving conf files
> cleanup temp files
> cleanup_temporary_files: pkg=optware-devel
> local_filename=/opt/ipkg-aghnQ0/optware-devel_6.8-9_armeb.ipk
> tmp_dir=/opt/ipkg-aghnQ0
> Done.
> Configuring unpacked packages
> Configuring optware-devel
> Running script //opt/lib/ipkg/info/optware-devel.postinst
> writing status file
> pkg_write_changed_filelists: saving changed filelists
> creating optware-devel.list file
> creating //opt/lib/ipkg/info/optware-devel.list file for pkg
> optware-devel
> Successfully terminated.
>
> I've looked everywhere and can't seem to find an answer to this problem.
> All I'm trying to do is make an NSLU2 version of AVRDUDE. Can someone
> please answer this question: How do I install a toolchain to compile
> natively on the NSLU2?
>