Buffalo Linkstation Install Optware Qpkg
So Pogoplug has had a rough year, but it seems that things have calmed down a bit and the personal cloud aspect of it still works.
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I've just come across a really old unit that hasn't been connected in a long time. It lets me register to my account and works, but it's version of the Pogoplug software is really old compared to the final version. I can see it's pinging upgrade.pogoplug.com regularly, but as that website is down it can't update.
Obviously as PP support is none existent, I can't ask them to kick the server (in the hope it's hung rather than been removed!)
I still find the personal cloud bit quite useful. The hardware is getting long in the tooth, but it still works and requires no babysitting (which is a very nice thing to have when you troubleshoot all day at work!) - the only issue is the security risk.
I know there is a package available for Arch with the latest pp software, I'm tempted to see how compatible it is when using optware and if it can be made to work.
Actually, it does matter, e.g., let's take gcc. I'm not sure which deprecated Optware feed that .qpkg uses, but probably it's something like syno-i686. This means that it has gcc-4.2.1, which is really old and can't be used to compile some newer software, like recent mkvtoolnix or mpd. The same goes for other pre-compiled packages: they're outdated and often have security bugs that have long been fixed in newer versions. And no hope to update them since Optware is stalled.
Yes that Instruction can use by a Linux Distribute. But by QNAP will always after restart the folder /opt/bin empty.
Install Qpkg On Qnap
After you installed that .qpkg it will not be emptied. According to this article, Optware is installed to /share/MD0_DATA/optware/opt and symlinked to /opt. So now you can run these commands and install Optware-ng inslead of Optware:
Qnap Ipkg
But if you're happy with deprecated Optware, don't. Just don't expect any kind of support or fixes from virtually anyone, since last Optware commit is dated to 2014-10-03, and even then it was deprecated already.