Install on Android

Introduction

Entware-arm installation was checked on Tronsmart CX-919 TV stick with Finless ROM 1.6b (Android 4.2.2). The other Cortex-A9 based devices fits too.

Requirements

• Cortex-A7 (or higher) based device with rooted Android firmware,
• Busybox and SSHDroid applications for command line access,
• /etc/init.d scripts support to start Entware-ng services automatically after boot (optional).

Installation

We need the /opt folder to be writeable for installing packages and /bin/sh symlink for executing shell scripts:

/system/bin/mount -o rw,remount /
mkdir /opt
mkdir /bin
ln -s /system/bin/sh /bin/sh
/system/bin/mount -o ro,remount /

It's safer to keep read-only access to rootfs, so /opt folder will be mounted from external SD card:

mkdir /mnt/external_sd/entware.arm
mount -o bind /mnt/external_sd/entware.arm /opt

Run installation script:

wget -O - http://pkg.entware.net/binaries/armv7/installer/entware_install.sh | sh

You may add /opt/bin and /opt/sbin to the PATH variable to make a console session more comfortable (optional). Make /data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home/.profile file with the following contents:

#!/system/bin/sh

. /opt/etc/profile

This changes will take effect on next SSH login.

You may run Entware-ng services automatically after reboot if custom firmware supports /etc/init.d scripts (this is optional too). Put the following contents to /etc/init.d/100-Entware.sh file:

#!/system/bin/sh

sleep 3
/system/bin/mount -o rw,remount /
sleep 1
/system/bin/chmod 777 /mnt/external_sd
/system/bin/mkdir /opt
/system/bin/mkdir /bin
ln -s /system/bin/sh /bin/sh
/system/bin/mount -o ro,remount /
sleep 3
/system/bin/mount -t ext2 -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/external_sd
/system/bin/mount -o bind /mnt/external_sd/entware.arm /opt
sleep 2
/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung start

Using Entware-ng

Log-on to SSH console, configure and install desired packages:

opkg update
opkg install mc