Introduction

Argon is a clean and opensource OpenWrt LuCI theme which allows
users to customize their openwrt WEBUI.

In this tutorial REG will guide you install Argon OpenWrt theme on a general OpenWRT version.

REG uses a OpenWrt virtual machine on a x86 machine which we have installed in previous tutorial.

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Requirements

Hardware

• Most of hardware for OpenWRT.
• Enough disk space ~ >10Mib.
• Internet Connection.

Software:

• Argon theme.
• OpenWRT Installed and Accessible.
• OpenSSH Client

Github page of this project

https://github.com/jerrykuku/luci-theme-argon?tab=readme-ov-file#a-brand-new-openwrt-luci-theme

REG recommends you read the official docs before proceeding.

[-1] ALL COMMANDS

These are all commands REG has tested to install the Argon theme

REG has rewrote these command to make them smooth.

Copy and paste IF U KNOW WHAT U R DOING !

opkg update
opkg install luci-compat
opkg install luci-lib-ipkg
wget -O luci-theme-argon_2.3.1_all.ipk --no-check-certificate https://github.com/jerrykuku/luci-theme-argon/releases/download/v2.3.1/luci-theme-argon_2.3.1_all.ipk
opkg install luci-theme-argon_2.3.1_all.ipk
wget -O luci-app-argon-config_0.9_all.ipk --no-check-certificate https://github.com/jerrykuku/luci-app-argon-config/releases/download/v0.9/luci-app-argon-config_0.9_all.ipk
opkg install luci-app-argon-config*.ipk

OR

Just proceed step by step.

[0] Connect to OpenWRT

SSH to your OpenWRT using following command:

ssh <username>@<ip_address> -p <port>

<!> Note : “<username>”, “<ipadress>” and “<port>” just placeholders
replace them with yours.

In REG’s case is

ssh [email protected]

default port is 22

[1] Update opkg Packges

It is always recommend to update packages before installing software:

opkg update

[2] Install Argon

Install dependences :

opkg install luci-compat
opkg install luci-lib-ipkg

Install Argon :

wget -O luci-theme-argon_2.3.1_all.ipk --no-check-certificate https://github.com/jerrykuku/luci-theme-argon/releases/download/v2.3.1/luci-theme-argon_2.3.1_all.ipk
opkg install luci-theme-argon_2.3.1_all.ipk

If everything is fine:

[3] Install Argon Config

It is recommend to install Argon Config so that u can customize your argon theme

wget -O luci-app-argon-config_0.9_all.ipk --no-check-certificate https://github.com/jerrykuku/luci-app-argon-config/releases/download/v0.9/luci-app-argon-config_0.9_all.ipk
opkg install luci-app-argon-config*.ipk

Troubleshooting

Sometimes it dosen’t work as expected:

so we can try to remove and reinstall it:

opkg remove luci-theme-argon
rm -rf /tmp/luci-*
service uhttpd restart