A new package manager for OpenWrt

The OpenWrt router-oriented distribution has long used its own opk
package manager.  The project has just https://forum.openwrt.org/t/major-change-notice-new-package-manager/215682
,
though, that future releases will use the <a href="https://docs.alpinelinux.org/user-handbook/0.1a/Working/apk.html" rel="nofollow">apk
package manager from Alpine Linux</a> instead.  "This new package
manager offers a number of advantages over the older opkg system and is a
significant milestone in the development of the OpenWrt platform. The older
opkg package manager has been deprecated and is no longer part of
OpenWrt." There is some more information on <a href="https://forum.openwrt.org/t/the-future-is-now-opkg-vs-apk/201164" rel="nofollow">this
page</a>.

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