2 Dec
2020
2 Dec
'20
4:32 a.m.
On 12/1/2020 7:18 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
Normally that would but the ER series is a little different.? The "firmware"
upgrade replaces the whole / file system with pre-packaged installs.? They have a place
you can put things to ride out the upgrade though. It's just a pain to do it.?
Building on the ERL would be interesting also as it's meant purely as a run
environment and most of the build chain doesn't exist and would have to be installed.?
At one time when I was messing with the BIND9 DNS server I'd thought about building an
ER build virtual machine (it's an ARM CPU) but didn't go through the trouble. I
just moved my DNS and DHCP to a RasPi where it's all much easier.
On Dec 1, 2020, at 5:15 PM, David Moylan <djm
at wiz.net.au> wrote:
My approach would be to build a Python 3 from
source and install it in the directory used for locally built code, which is under
/usr/local (that's what the default installation procedure does). That's a
standard convention that should keep you out of the way of any packager-supplied standard
bits. From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
[mailto:owner-
hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of John H. Reinhardt
Sent: Wednesday, 2 December 2020 6:18 AM
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] PyDECnet and IPv6
I had an Edgerouter Lite for my internet but upgraded to an Edgerouter 4 last
year when I set up the VPN to the MacMini Colo in Las Vegas.
Next I have to see if I can put Paul's PyDECnet on it for HECnet routing.
That
sounds like an awesome challenge, however I don't know if you'll meet the base
requirements.
The edgerouter 1.x firmware ships with Python 2.7.3 and the 2.x firmware ships with
Python 2.7.13.
Memory wise you have 1GB with around 600MB free on the ER4 and 500MB with around 200MB
free on the ERL.
And yes - you can add in linux packages to get Python 3 running on the Edgerouter, but I
would recommend that you don't.
The issue comes down to firmware upgrades. When you install a new firmware image, you
risk breaking the third party addons. I install Python3 and PyDECnet on my (old, 2 GB total
flash size) BeagleBone Black. To run the build locally rather than cross-building --
slower but easy -- I had to plug in a micro-SD card for extra space, but once the build
was done the actual installed code fit fine on that root file system. You can see the
result on HECnet, node PYBBB.
paul
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John H. Reinhardt