Package Management

Never update npm package manager

Updating npm without the official opkg package manager may result in broken dependencies and unstable Node-RED.

The eManager has a custom Linux distribution based on Yocto. The CLI opkg tool is the default package manager.

The list of available opkg packages increases with every image release, that is twice a year. Below you can view the list of available packages for each distro/image release:

Image release	Distro	Yocto release	Package list
21.02	1.1	Thud	Link
21.08	1.2	Thud	Link
22.01	2.0	Dunfell	Link
22.10	2.1	Dunfell	Link
24.04	3.0	Kirkstone	Link

The eManager can be updated to the latest image as detailed here.