ReadyNAS Ultra 4 and apt-get

APT is pre-installed on the x86 (Intel) devices (e.g. NVX, Ultra, Pro), that's why there's no add-on. Install the EnableRootSSH add-on and you'll be able to SSH in as 'root' and do an

apt-get update && apt-get install build-essential

*phew* Thanks so much for the quick reply!

Haven't been able to check, because it's doing a huge resync of 2TB drive and I can't reboot it for the SSH access install. Will have to wait til tomorrow now.

Very relieved, though. Thanks.

You're welcome.

Just be sure not to do an "apt-get upgrade" as this will break the Frontview web-interface and probably other things as well. Where possible I would recommend using community add-ons.

Ok, thanks for the tip. I'm a long time Ubuntu user, and do use "apt-get upgrade" a fair bit, along with "unattended-upgrades" etc.

So I'm intending to install a few servers like postfix, amavisd-new, clamav, dovecot, dnsmasq, iptables, squid, spamassassin, apache etc. It's only for a family home server, not many users. Do I have to keep them up to date manually? Or should I configure apt to not upgrade certain packages so that Frontview doesn't break? If so, what packages? If not, what do you recommend I do? I didn't see addons for all of those services, and the ones I did see didn't appear to be the latest versions.

I would install the things you want manually. The list of things that shouldn't be upgraded may change from one firmware version to another.

A key advantage of addons is that they generally can be easily removed.

Was just trying to get git running on my readynas ultra 4. But encounters this error.
Would really appreciate any help

NAS:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://archive.debian.org etch Release.gpg
Get:2 http://www.readynas.com 4.2.17/ Release.gpg
Get:3 http://archive.debian.org etch Release
Get:4 http://www.readynas.com 4.2.17/ Release
Ign http://archive.debian.org etch Release
Get:5 http://archive.debian.org etch/main Packages
Ign http://www.readynas.com 4.2.17/ Release
Get:6 http://www.readynas.com 4.2.17/ Packages
99% [5 Packages gzip 0]
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
Err http://archive.debian.org etch/main Packages
Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
99% [6 Packages gzip 0]
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
Err http://www.readynas.com 4.2.17/ Packages
Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Fetched 21.6kB in 20s (1078B/s)
Failed to fetch http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Failed to fetch http://www.readynas.com/packages/4.2.17/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://archive.debian.org etch Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2
W: GPG error: http://www.readynas.com 4.2.17/ Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://www.readynas.com 4.2.17/ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/www.readynas.com_packages_4.2.17_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.debian.org etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.