[OpenWrt Wiki] OpenWrt packages
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/package-policiesOpenWrt binary packages are almost exclusively produced from source packages by invoking either the OpenWrt buildroot or the OpenWrt SDK in order to translate the source package Makefile descriptions into executable binary artifacts tailored for a given target system.. Although it is possible to manually assemble binary packages by invoking tools such as tar and placing …
[OpenWrt Wiki] Creating packages
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/packages24.07.2009 · Creating packages See also -> Package Policy Guide, which contains a wealth of extra technical information not covered here. One of the things that we've attempted to do with OpenWrt's template system is make it incredibly easy to port software to OpenWrt. If you look at a typical package directory in OpenWrt you'll find three things: