Installation Error OpenWRT

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I’m trying to set up remote.it for an OPENWRT router (OpenWrt 22.03.0-rc4) and I’m getting

...
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.0-rc4/packages/arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4/telephony/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Package remoteit (4.17.6) installed in root is up to date
Configuring remoteit.
remoteit: Error: Unknown architecture "arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4"

Collected errors:
 * pkg_get_installed_files: Failed to open //usr/lib/opkg/info/mdns-publish-discover.list: No such file or directory.
 * pkg_run_script: package "remoteit" postinst script returned status 1.
 * opkg_configure: remoteit.postinst returned 1

The router is listed with ARM Cortex A7 processor. Any ideas?

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It seems like the installer cannot detect the correct package to use.

Running the following command will let us know if we support the architecture and OS:

curl -s https://downloads.remote.it/openwrt/test-arch.sh | sh

This is an example of the output:

aarch64_cortex-a53: FAIL
aarch64_cortex-a72: FAIL
aarch64_generic: FAIL
arc_arc700: FAIL
arc_archs: FAIL
arm_arm1176jzf-s+vfp: OK
arm_arm926ej-s: FAIL
arm_cortex-a15+neon-vfpv4: OK
arm_cortex-a5+neon-vfpv4: OK
arm_cortex-a5+vfpv4: OK
arm_cortex-a7+neon-vfpv4: OK
arm_cortex-a7: FAIL
arm_cortex-a8+vfpv3: OK
arm_cortex-a9+neon: OK
arm_cortex-a9+vfpv3: OK
arm_cortex-a9: FAIL
arm_fa526: FAIL
arm_mpcore+vfp: OK
arm_mpcore: FAIL
arm_xscale: FAIL
armeb_xscale: FAIL
i386_pentium: FAIL
i386_pentium4: FAIL
tar: invalid magic
tar: short read
ipq: FAIL
ipq806x-qsdk53: FAIL
mips64_octeon_64: FAIL
mips_24kc: FAIL
mips_mips32: FAIL
mipsel_24kc+24kf: FAIL
mipsel_24kc: FAIL
mipsel_74kc: FAIL
mipsel_mips32: FAIL
powerpc_464fp: FAIL
powerpc_8540: FAIL
x86_64: FAIL

From the above you can see we do have a match for arm_cortex-a7+neon-vfpv4

we can install it manually using the following command:

wget https://downloads.remote.it/remoteit/latest/remoteit.ipk R3_ARCHITECTURE='arm_cortex-a7+neon-vfpv4' opkg install --force-reinstall ./remoteit.ipk

Note you should get a claim code from this install that you can enter in the Remote.It app by clicking the “+” add device. On the top right you should see the enter claim code field.

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wget https://downloads.remote.it/remoteit/latest/remoteit.ipk
R3_ARCHITECTURE='arm_cortex-a7+neon-vfpv4' opkg install --force-reinstall ./remoteit.ipk

My router was indeed arm_cortex-a7+neon-vfpv4 and the above solved it for me. Thank you Brenda!

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