Before you begin

I've found a much better option here: https://github.com/Entware-ng/Entware-ng/wiki/Install-on-Synology-NAS

Installation of Optware IPKG

Synology DS216j IPKG installation

Introduction

The CPU of DS 216 j is "Marvell Armada 385 88 F 6820", although there is no optware-bootstrap for Marvell Armada, it seems that Marvell Kirkwood's optware-bootstrap can be diverted as it is compatible.

Note on compatibility

It appear that binaries aren't that much/all compatible. The reason must be that the cs08q1armel toolchain doesn't have updated materials. If you encounter issues you should consider setup a chroot environment instead.*

Connect with the appropriate SSH client (PuTTY, Terminal)
Get root privileges before starting. sudo -i
Create optware root directory (do these one line at a time).

mkdir /volume1/@optware mkdir /opt mount -o bind /volume1/@optware /opt ``` 4. Set up IPKG.

```

feed=http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable ipk_name=wget -qO- $feed/Packages | awk '/^Filename: ipkg-opt/ {print $2}' wget $feed/$ipk_name tar -xOvzf $ipk_name ./data.tar.gz | tar -C / -xzvf - mkdir -p /opt/etc/ipkg echo "src cross $feed" > /opt/etc/ipkg/feeds.conf ```

Set PATH: Open: /etc/profile (with vi, nano etc.) and add the following to the last line:

PATH=/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:$PATH <-- make sure to add $PATH to the end.
Set the init script so that it can be used even after rebooting.
Create /etc/rc.local with the following contents and attach execution privilege (chmod 755).

```

#!/bin/sh

Optware setup

[ -x /etc/rc.optware ] && /etc/rc.optware start ```

Create /etc/rc.optware with the following contents and attach execute privilege (chmod 755).

```

#!/bin/sh

if test -z "${REAL_OPT_DIR}"; then

next line to be replaced according to OPTWARE_TARGET

REAL_OPT_DIR=/volume1/@optware fi

case "$1" in start) echo "Starting Optware." if test -n "${REAL_OPT_DIR}"; then if ! grep ' /opt ' /proc/mounts >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then mkdir -p /opt mount -o bind ${REAL_OPT_DIR} /opt fi
fi [ -x /opt/etc/rc.optware ] && /opt/etc/rc.optware ;; reconfig) true ;; stop) echo "Shutting down Optware." true ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reconfig}" exit 1 esac

exit 0 ```