I want to build a simple tcp server to create an API for my router. I chose python since that seems to be the language of choice on this router. I want the API so I can send JSON events to update settings and check statuses. I ssh’ed into the router and installed python with the following commands:
opkg update
opkg install python
No if I try to install anything else it says, ‘No space left on device.’ df shows:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 8064 7928 136 98% /
/dev/root 6912 6912 0 100% /rom
tmpfs 30476 136 30340 0% /tmp
/dev/mtdblock5 8064 7928 136 98% /overlay
overlayfs:/overlay 8064 7928 136 98% /
tmpfs 512 0 512 0% /dev
Is that right? Could it already be full??
@embedded_sys Yes, that’s right, python ipk is too large to mini router. If you are sure want it, you should tailoring the image.
Clearly that is not true 
The full Python suite is huge.
PHP seems to be a better fit and well worth a look.
I have a custom image with php7cli, php7cgi and lighttpd and still have 90% free space.
Does micropython work for you? You can use this one if it works.
PhP is much smaller I think.
BTW: AR300M with 128MB flash is your friend.
Otherwise you can use USB/MicroSD storage with Exroot. Not difficult to set up.
Awesome. I’ll switch to PHP. Thanks!
