# Flint 2 FW 4.5.4 OPKG update not working

**URL:** <https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/flint-2-fw-4-5-4-opkg-update-not-working/36155>\
**Category:** Router\
**Created:** [December 14, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/flint-2-fw-4-5-4-opkg-update-not-working/36155 "2023-12-14T10:44:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![cafebug](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@cafebug](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/cafebug)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/flint-2-fw-4-5-4-opkg-update-not-working/36155/1 "2023-12-14T10:44:55Z")

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After upgrading my Flint 2 to FW 4.5.4 stable, the “opkg update” command always failed ?

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**Author:** ![admon](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/admon/32/32880_2.png) [@admon](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/admon)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/flint-2-fw-4-5-4-opkg-update-not-working/36155/2 "2023-12-14T10:52:47Z")

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Please share the error message with us.

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**Author:** ![cafebug](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@cafebug](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/cafebug)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/flint-2-fw-4-5-4-opkg-update-not-working/36155/3 "2023-12-14T10:59:40Z")

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Well, after posting the issue on forum, it’s now working. 😛

```auto
Downloading https://fw.gl-inet.com/releases/v23.05.0/kmod-4.5/aarch64_cortex-a53/mediatek/mt7986/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_core
Downloading https://fw.gl-inet.com/releases/v23.05.0/packages-4.5/aarch64_cortex-a53/glinet/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_gli_pub
Downloading https://fw.gl-inet.com/releases/v23.05.0/packages-4.5/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_packages
Updating database.
Database update completed.

```

The previous error messages are as below:

```auto
root@GL-MT6000:~# opkg update
Downloading https://fw.gl-inet.com/releases/v23.05.0/kmod-4.5/aarch64_cortex-a53/mediatek/mt7986/Packages.gz
Failed to send request: Operation not permitted
*** Failed to download the package list from https://fw.gl-inet.com/releases/v23.05.0/kmod-4.5/aarch64_cortex-a53/mediatek/mt7986/Packages.gz

Downloading https://fw.gl-inet.com/releases/v23.05.0/packages-4.5/aarch64_cortex-a53/glinet/Packages.gz
Failed to send request: Operation not permitted
*** Failed to download the package list from https://fw.gl-inet.com/releases/v23.05.0/packages-4.5/aarch64_cortex-a53/glinet/Packages.gz

Downloading https://fw.gl-inet.com/releases/v23.05.0/packages-4.5/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/glinet_packages
Updating database.
Database update completed.
Collected errors:
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://fw.gl-inet.com/releases/v23.05.0/kmod-4.5/aarch64_cortex-a53/mediatek/mt7986/Packages.gz, wget returned 4.
 * opkg_download: Check your network settings and connectivity.

 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://fw.gl-inet.com/releases/v23.05.0/packages-4.5/aarch64_cortex-a53/glinet/Packages.gz, wget returned 4.
 * opkg_download: Check your network settings and connectivity.

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**Author:** ![cafebug](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@cafebug](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/cafebug)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/flint-2-fw-4-5-4-opkg-update-not-working/36155/4 "2023-12-14T11:02:34Z")

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However, I execute the command again, it failed again, why ?

 ![image](https://forum-static.gl-inet.com/original/2X/b/b29ebe0adb65888fa873d754b73646816655bf3c.png)

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**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/flint-2-fw-4-5-4-opkg-update-not-working/36155/5 "2025-10-29T04:28:13Z")

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