Text editor

Hello. I’m new here

I have TS-419P II. I need some simple text editor.

I tried these:

Micro_2.0.14_arm-x41.qpkg (Did not install)

Nano_7.1_arm-x19.qpkg (Installed icon, Did not work)

TextEditor_1.1.5.20250917.qpkg (Installed icon, Did not work, must be removed manually)

None of these seems to work.

Is there some, which is working in my device ?

I’m building my own web pages ‘old fashion’ of tags and vi is not very nice.

Hi and welcome to the forum. :slight_smile:

Try installing the Entware QPKG. You can then install a compatible version of nano via opkg.

As an Admin I downloaded the qpkg file Entware_1.00std.qpkg to my laptop and opened “install manually” in AppCenter. Klick “Browse” and selected the file.

After some wait I got an icon in the AppCenter, but not on desctop.

Left klick-klick the icon opened a window with a hammer and link “Open”, which did nothing.

Log out and log in as basic user. THe icon is there, but does not more than before.

Any ideas ?

BTW: versio 4.3.3.2784 (19.06.2024)

It’s CLI only. The icon exists in the App Center UI but the QPKG makes various utilities available via the CLI. :wink:

There’s a later version of the Entware QPKG you should use. I think the current version is 1.03

It took time to find Entware 1.03 in Index of /other/

Installed. New kind of icon, but the same dead end: window with the hammer

Is here some problem with the processor ?

It seems TS419P II has ARM 88F6282.

Should I hunt ARM5 programs for it ?

It’s CLI tools, ignore any webUI icons.

You need SSH to use them.

What exactly are you trying to achieve?

I am trying to install a simple GUI text editor to TS419P II

I do not find any in the official repos.

Text Editor did not work (got a window with a hammer)

If Entware is a CLI version, why is there a GUI icon (which does not work) and how to use this Entware ?

Is there any reason you can’t edit these text files on your client PC via shared folders/SSH/SFTP?

It’s a command-line utility for installing other command-line utilities. You access it remotely from your client device via SSH or Telnet (depending on your preference), or via the console by direct connection to your NAS with a monitor and keyboard (if supported).

I suggested it as your OP mention the vi editor, so I assumed you knew how to navigate via the command-line.

All QPKGs get an icon in the App Center so you can see what’s installed, and perform basic tasks on each QPKG. It doesn’t mean there’s a web UI to go along with the application inside the QPKG though.

After installing Entware and those other programs (Nano, Micro, TextEditor) I tried to find them and run them in CLI but with no success. There is no man pages nor I have found any other documentation.

I have used Linux for about 35y now, written a lot of programs and been working in a university helpdesk.

Just now my NAS is tied copying some 350GB of data from my home server

Are you logging-in to your NAS via SSH as the ‘admin’ user?

Yes

Now I got a step forward. With this kommand it started to work:

/etc/init.d/Entware.sh restart

  • This started something and now opkg was activated.
  • I get list of programs with “opkg list”
  • opkg install joe

Now we are in the game !