OpenWrt -- set source with HTTPS

vim scp://root@OpenWrt:2222//etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf
opkg update Failed.
Maybe the wget in BusyBox doesn’t support https.

  • set source with HTTP, update,
  • Install wget & ca-certificates,
  • set source with HTTPS, update. 
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_base.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_luci.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_packages.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_routing.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_telephony.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_management.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.

root@OpenWrt:~# type vim
vim is an alias for vi
root@OpenWrt:~# type vi
vi is /bin/vi

Oh, I can’t stand vi. So Edit the file in my PC,

$ vim scp://root@192.168.1.1:2222//etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf
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src/gz chaos_calmer_base https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base
src/gz chaos_calmer_luci https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci
src/gz chaos_calmer_packages https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages
src/gz chaos_calmer_routing https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing
src/gz chaos_calmer_telephony https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony
src/gz chaos_calmer_management https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management

root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci/Packages.sig.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/Packages.sig.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing/Packages.sig.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.sig.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management/Packages.sig.
wget: can't execute 'openssl': No such file or directory
wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Collected errors:
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci/Packages.sig, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/Packages.sig, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing/Packages.sig, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.sig, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz, wget returned 1.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management/Packages.sig, wget returned 1.

Maybe the wget in BusyBox doesn’t support https.
Change source with HTTP, update, install wget & ca-certificates, then change source with HTTPS, update .

set source with HTTP, update

root@OpenWrt:~# sed -i 's/https/http/' /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf

root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_base.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_luci.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_packages.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_routing.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_telephony.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_management.
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.

Install wget & ca-certificates

root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install wget ca-certificates
Installing wget (1.17.1-1) to root...
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/wget_1.17.1-1_mvebu.ipk.
Installing libpcre (8.38-1) to root...
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/libpcre_8.38-1_mvebu.ipk.
Installing libopenssl (1.0.2g-1) to root...
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/libopenssl_1.0.2g-1_mvebu.ipk.
Installing zlib (1.2.8-1) to root...
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/zlib_1.2.8-1_mvebu.ipk.
Installing librt (0.9.33.2-1) to root...
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/librt_0.9.33.2-1_mvebu.ipk.
Installing libpthread (0.9.33.2-1) to root...
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/libpthread_0.9.33.2-1_mvebu.ipk.
Installing ca-certificates (20150426) to root...
Downloading http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/ca-certificates_20150426_mvebu.ipk.
Configuring libpcre.
Configuring zlib.
Configuring libopenssl.
Configuring libpthread.
Configuring librt.
Configuring wget.
Configuring ca-certificates.

set source with HTTPS, update

root@OpenWrt:~# sed -i 's/http/https/' /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf

root@WRT:~# opkg update
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_base.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_luci.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/luci/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_packages.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/packages/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_routing.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/routing/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_telephony.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_management.
Downloading https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/openwrt/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/mvebu/generic/packages/management/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.