How to remove Entware?

[Rici]

Hi,

It was installed for scribe (before that, Entware was not needed on my router), but not that I uninstalled scribe : How to get rid of Entware?

There is no uninstall option in AMTM...

So what are the config files I need to look for to get rid of Entware that is no longer needed for me?

Thanks.

 

[bennor]

There is this thread from years ago that explains how to remove Entware.
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/how-do-i-remove-entware.12907/

While not specific to Asus-Merlin, there is this post that explains how to remove it on another system. It may or may not work/apply to Asus-Merlin.
https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/what-is-entware-and-how-to-install-uninstall-it/1149

> How do I uninstall Entware?
If you decide you would like to uninstall Entware or start from scratch with it, SSH to your device and enter rm -rf /opt/* and reboot, to reinstall Entware again then follow the instructions above after your device has rebooted.

 

[Rici]

The thread from years ago that I found as well states "Remove the start commands from /jffs/scripts and/or the script_usbumount & script_usbmount variable from NVRAM".

What exactly do I have to remove from NVRAM - and what start command from which scripts in files in /jffs/scripts ?
I'm lost...

The other link https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/what-is-entware-and-how-to-install-uninstall-it/1149 basically states enter rm -rf /opt/* to remove it. Not sure if that works on Asus Merlin, though :-/

 

[domic]

I guess one would have to exclude entware from the source on github and compile the firmware from there.

 

[Rici]

After further investigation in NVRAM and the scripts in jffs it looks like Entware is not started, as there is no dependency on it on my router any more.