Editing Synology DSM (section)

=== the GNU packages that I need most seriously on my Synology NAS ===
* https://wp.jochen.hayek.name/blog-en/2014/05/27/the-gnu-packages-that-i-need-most-seriously-on-my-synology-nas/
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$ sudo opkg list_installed
bash - A bourne style shell.
coreutils - Bunch of heavyweight *nix core utilities.
diffutils - contains gnu diff, cmp, sdiff and diff3 to display differences between and among text files.
exif - A small command-line utility to show and change EXIF information in JPEG files. // CAVEAT: entware-ng does not have it
file - Ubiquitous file identification utility.
findutils - File finding utilities.
findutils-locate – This package contains the locate and related updatedb utility.
gcc - The GNU Compiler Collection.
ghostscript - ... // includes ps2pdf
gkrellmd - Gkrellm is a utility to display system stats (cpu, processes, memory,..) in a nice little window. // server component // CAVEAT: entware-ng does not have it
glib - The GLib library of C routines. // CAVEAT: entware-ng does not have it
grep - Global regular expression parser.
gzip - GNU Zip data compression program. // provides: zless, zgrep, …
iconv - Character set conversion utility
less - Less file browser.
make - examines files and runs commands necessary for compilation.
nail - command-line email-client supporting POP3, IMAP, SMTP, ...
perl-text-csv_xs - Text comma-separated values manipulation routines.
perlbase-cpan - CPAN perl module. // will install lots of other useful CPAN modules
poppler-utils – … // includes pdftohtml; better than the xpdf package
procps - PROCPS System Utilities. // CAVEAT: entware-ng does not have it
psmisc - A set of some small useful utilities that use the proc filesystem.
rcs - The Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of files. // CAVEAT: entware-ng does not have it, optware-ng has it
rsync - fast remote file copy program (like rcp).
unzip – …
vim - Yet another version of the vi editor.
wget - A network utility to retrieve files from the Web.
# I assume these ones get installed indirectly:
pkgconfig - Package configuration tool.
util-linux - A suite of essential utilities for any Linux system.
# a few more get installed "indirectly" for sure…
…
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And BTW occasionally you want to do this:
<pre># update list of available packages:
root@DiskStation $ opkg update
# upgrade all installed packages to latest version:
root@DiskStation $ opkg upgrade</pre>
"Even" on your NAS you may want to keep source controlled text notes, that's why even good old RCS may make sense.

Maybe it's worth installing the "Toolchain" according to this description:
* http://forum.synology.com/wiki/index.php/Overview_on_modifying_the_Synology_Server,_bootstrap,_ipkg_etc#Toolchain

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root@DiskStation # ipkg list | fgrep optware-devel
optware-devel - This is a meta package that bundles all the packages required for optware native development. When fully functional, it should …
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