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tigerten
Luminary
Jan 28, 2024

ReadyNAS OS 6.10.10 released

Link to download:    https://www.netgear.com/support/product/readynas_os_6#download   Release Note:    https://kb.netgear.com/000065999/ReadyNAS-OS-6-Software-Version-6-10-10   Cleaned up a b...
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lobbie1978
Tutor
Apr 02, 2024

I installed 6.10.10 and obviously, I looked at the release notes AFTER installing, only to learn that they removed the possibilty to install apps via FrontView... What???

 

I logged in and noticed indeed that this option is removed, but also that 2 of my apps were gone; SABnzbd and CouchPotato (which I occasionally use).

 

I decided to dive into the box via SSH to see if I could repair this. 

I noticed the firmware update removed Python 2.7, which was the reason both of the apps were gone.

So I spend some time with Google and SSH and I managed to install both of the apps again. Since I did various things, I don't remember the exact stept, but basically this is what I did:

 

  1. apt-get update
  2. apt-get upgrade (It said the repository links were dead)
  3. Changed the repositories to https://archive.debian.net 
  4. echo "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian stretch main" > /etc/apt/sources.list
  5. Install Python2.7 How to install python 2.7 on debian · GitHub
  6. Installed Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key
  7. apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys [KEY]
  8. apt-get update
  9. apt-get upgrade
  10. Installed SABnzbd 
  11. dpkg -i /data/Downloads/sabnzbd_2.3.9-rnx1_all.deb

 

I hope this is helpful.

 

Cheers,

Rob

 

Sandshark's avatar
Sandshark
Sensei
Apr 02, 2024

ReadyNAS OS6 is based on Debian Jessie.  Adding the Stretch distribution to your sources.list can result in a lot of issues and is highly discouraged.

 

The correct thing to do, which is change to the Jessie archive and allow unsigned (or, really, expired signed) sources are covered here: How-I-got-apt-update-and-install-to-work-with-Debian-Jessie.

 

If you have a real need to install something from a newer distro and you are prepared to do a full factory default if it messes up your system, you should use your browser to go to that distro and download the package and any required dependencies, then install them locally.

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