A computer with a running Linux Distribution

Basic knowledge of standard unix commands / usage

Some experience with compiling software with configure && make && make install would be an advantage

Non-dialup internet connection (or plenty of time ;-) )

Around 3 GB of hard disc space

My own setup is a Fedore Core 3 running on an AMD XP 2100+, and everything worked flawlessly.

Setting up the software

If it dosnt exist create the directory /opt and make it writeable for the user you wish to use for compiling. Here I make it writeable for everyone :

Now change to the newly created directory, and download the build environment from cvs :

This will create a directory /opt/unslung containing all the unslung stuff needed to compile packages.
To keep your build environment updated with the latest packages, from time to time you should do:


Besides the unslung stuff, we need to download the Asus GPL sources for getting the Asus toolchain (note that this is around 273 MB in size !) :


Now you can safely delete the .zip and the /opt/broadcom dir (you can also keep for safety if you have space :-) )


When using Olegs firmware versions equal to or above version 1.9.2.7-4, a patch for the Asus toolchain by Oleg is also needed.

Theese are installed according to Olegs own instructions :


Use your favourite editor to set the following line in /opt/unslung/Makefile :

Now we just need a final step :

Testing / Building an ipk package

A simple test is easy to perform :

This should make it start to download and compile all packages currently on the package stream.
Once you have seen it compile a couple without errors, your environment is working, and you can stop the compiling by pressing < ctrl > + < C > if you like.

Explaining how to build your own packages is way beyond the scope of this guide, but it will be included later in another guide on theese pages :-)

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