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# OpenWrt Build Helper Scripts
## Overview
This repository contains shell scripts that streamline preparing, configuring, and building OpenWrt from source on Debian/Ubuntu systems (x86_64 and ARM64). It also includes convenience utilities to manage package selections, fetch device config.buildinfo, apply a DAHDI driver patch, and add external LuCI packages.
## Whats included
- prepare-openwrt-env.sh
- Installs required build dependencies via apt on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 and Debian 12/13+.
- Handles x86_64 and ARM64 differences (Python/distutils, multilib notes, Go on ARM64).
- prepare-openwrt.sh
- Clones or updates the OpenWrt source repo.
- Lets you select Stable, Beta, or Snapshot versions interactively.
- Normalizes folder layout if run from an “openwrt-build-helper” directory.
- Updates feeds and runs make defconfig.
- add-external-repos.sh
- Clones or updates additional package repositories into package/.
- Currently includes luci-app-netspeedtest and luci-app-easytier (adjust REPOS as needed).
- download-config.sh
- Downloads config.buildinfo for a selected device based on your checked-out OpenWrt version (stable or snapshot).
- Writes .config and runs make defconfig.
- Prints firmware URL and a Firmware Selector link for reference.
- add-openwrt-packages.sh
- Enables packages listed in a text file by appending CONFIG_PACKAGE_<name>=y to .config (without removing existing settings).
- Verifies presence in package/ or feeds/ and reports missing ones, then runs make defconfig.
- update-go-path.sh
- Detects the latest Go installation under /usr/lib/go-* and sets CONFIG_GOLANG_EXTERNAL_BOOTSTRAP_ROOT in .config.
- apply-dahdi-patches.sh
- Writes a DAHDI driver patch into package/feeds/telephony/dahdi-linux/patches/300-fix-dahdi-max-attempts.patch.
- Fixes MAX macro naming collisions in multiple DAHDI modules for OpenWrt 24.10.4 builds.
## System requirements
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 or Debian 12/13+ (others may work with adjustments)
- Architectures: x86_64/amd64 and aarch64/arm64
- Tools: git, wget, curl, bash
- Internet access for feeds and package downloads
- Optional: Go (required by some OpenWrt packages; auto-configured on ARM64 by prepare-openwrt-env.sh; configurable via update-go-path.sh)
## Quick start
1) Prepare the host machine
- Run: ./prepare-openwrt-env.sh
- This installs compilers, headers, Python tooling, and other build prerequisites.
2) Get OpenWrt sources
- Run: ./prepare-openwrt.sh
- Choose Stable, Beta, or Snapshot.
- The script:
- Clones/updates the OpenWrt repo into ./openwrt (or uses the current repo if youre already inside it).
- Updates/install feeds and runs make defconfig.
3) Add optional external packages
- From the OpenWrt root:
- ../add-external-repos.sh
- This pulls extra LuCI packages into package/.
4) Import a device config.buildinfo (optional but convenient)
- From the OpenWrt root:
- ../download-config.sh
- Pick a device, and the script writes .config and runs make defconfig.
5) Enable additional packages from a list (optional)
- Create a file packages.txt containing package names (whitespace or newlines).
- From the OpenWrt root:
- ../add-openwrt-packages.sh packages.txt
6) Configure Go bootstrap path (if needed)
- From the OpenWrt root:
- ../update-go-path.sh
- This sets CONFIG_GOLANG_EXTERNAL_BOOTSTRAP_ROOT to the latest /usr/lib/go-X.XX/ found.
- You can override it manually in .config if necessary.
7) Apply DAHDI patch (only if you build telephony/dahdi-linux)
- Ensure telephony feed is installed:
- ./scripts/feeds update telephony
- ./scripts/feeds install -a
- Then run:
- ../apply-dahdi-patches.sh
- Build the package:
- make package/feeds/telephony/dahdi-linux/{clean,prepare} V=s
- make package/feeds/telephony/dahdi-linux/compile V=s
8) Build OpenWrt
- Common commands:
- make menuconfig
- make -j$(nproc) download world
- Artifacts will be in bin/ after the build completes.
## Script usage notes and tips
- Run locations:
- prepare-openwrt-env.sh, prepare-openwrt.sh: from anywhere (they manage/enter ./openwrt).
- All others: run from inside the OpenWrt source root unless otherwise indicated.
- Feeds:
- If a package cant be found, ensure feeds are updated/installed:
- ./scripts/feeds update -a && ./scripts/feeds install -a
- Go toolchain:
- On x86_64, Go is optional unless your selection pulls packages needing Go (e.g., firewall4 in some versions). If needed:
- sudo apt install golang -y
- Then use update-go-path.sh to set .config automatically.
- ARM64 multilib:
- The script installs cross multilib packages for better compatibility, but not all targets need them. If apt errors on specific multilib packages, remove or adjust as appropriate for your environment.
## Troubleshooting
- Telephony feed not found when applying DAHDI patch:
- Run feeds update/install for telephony as shown above.
- Version detection in download-config.sh:
- If youre on a branch like openwrt-24.10, the script will try to find the latest v24.10.x tag automatically. Otherwise it prompts for a version (e.g., 24.10.4 or SNAPSHOT).
- Missing packages in add-openwrt-packages.sh:
- Ensure the corresponding feed is enabled in feeds.conf.default and run feeds update/install.
- Permission errors:
- Scripts use umask 022 and do not require root except when installing apt packages.
- Clean up and rebuild a package:
- make package/<pkg>/{clean,compile} V=s
- Full rebuild:
- make clean; make -j$(nproc) download world
## Directory behavior
- If you run prepare-openwrt.sh from inside a directory named openwrt-build-helper, it will:
- Move your helper files to openwrt/helper/
- Rename the top-level folder to openwrt/
- Continue setup within openwrt/
## Security and safety
- Scripts use set -e to stop on errors.
- They modify .config and write under package/ and feeds/ inside your OpenWrt tree.
- Backup your .config if you need a known baseline.
## License and authorship
- Scripts authored by Zhe Yuan with help from ChatGPT.
- License: MIT (unless you choose a different license; update this line accordingly).