opkg update

I was trying an opkg update by providing the following:
root@beaglebone:~# opkg update

I get the following error:

-bash: opkg: command not found

What did I do wrong?

opkg is the package manager used on Angstrom, on Debian (now the default BeagleBone distro) the package manager is apt. You can for the most part replace ‘opkg’ with ‘apt-get’.

See http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html

I wonder if I should just symlink "opkg -> apt-get" to hide this for
users following old directions.

The install/remove/update/upgrade are the same syntax:

http://botbrew.com/man-opkg.htm

Regards,

opkg is the package manager used on Angstrom, on Debian (now the default
BeagleBone distro) the package manager is apt. You can for the most part
replace ‘opkg’ with ‘apt-get’.

See http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html

I was trying an opkg update by providing the following:
root@beaglebone:~# opkg update

I get the following error:
-bash: opkg: command not found

What did I do wrong?

I wonder if I should just symlink “opkg → apt-get” to hide this for
users following old directions.

I don’t think there’s an ‘apt-get list’ though, which would make ‘apt-cache search’ seem random and more confusing. I think new documentation should take care of this in time. Or maybe symlink opkg to a script that tells them to use apt-get instead and points to some docs.

Thanks a lot Alexander, ‘apt-get’ worked perfectly fine.

Regards
Ajit K Talluri