How to add ARMBIAN software management system (apt-...) to a foreign minimal LINUX (COREELEC)

[Gerry]

Hi all,
I've a minimal LINUX on a ARM board here (COREELEC on an ODROID N2).

It does not use any 'apt--'  based software control system. ( I do not know how its actually called ...)
 

I would like to add  all the tools of ARMBIAN and its rich software kingdom into this minimal LINUX.

COREELEC does not know about 'apt' by purpose and thats' fair enough and respected. And there are lots of reason to discuss why to do so or not.
But that is beyond the scope of this thread.

Any hint  would be helpfull.

Thanks
Gerry

[tparys]

The package management tools "dpkg" and "apt" are part of the Debian (and Ubuntu) Linux distributions. If CoreElec does not have apt, it is not a good idea to attempt to install it after the fact. You can run into situations where different package managers do not track each others installed dependencies correctly, potentially overwrite each other's files, and possibly leave your system in a non-working state.

 

If you want a minimal system with the armbian tools, download the armbian images, as they are already minimal Debian/Ubuntu systems with some small quality of life changes.

 

Also due to lack of time and resources, installation of armbian packages and tools are not supported outside the core images. All source code is available, and you're welcome to try it, but will not receive effort or support.

[Werner]

1 hour ago, tparys said:

Also due to lack of time and resources, installation of armbian packages and tools are not supported outside the core images. All source code is available, and you're welcome to try it, but will not receive effort or support.

Therefore moved to chit chat.

[Gerry]

Ok, thanks for taking care.