This is not recommended, as it sends root's password via plaintext

1. Open an SSH session to 192.168.1.1
2. Enter the following

   opkg update && opkg install luci

3. After the installation has completed, the LuCI web GUI will be available at 192.168.1.1

Recommended

1. Open an SSH session to 192.168.1.1.
2. Enter the following
   

   opkg update && opkg install luci-ssl-openssl libuhttpd-openssl

3. After the installation has completed, the LuCI web GUI will be available at 192.168.1.1

1. Go to the package download page of the distribution in question: (for ar71xx “attitude adjustment” packages use: https://archive.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09/ar71xx/generic/packages/)
2. Download the following packages: (The extension “_0.11.1-1_ar71xx” will vary depending on the system packet page)
   • luci_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-app-firewall_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-i18n-english_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-lib-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-lib-ipkg_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-lib-nixio_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-lib-sys_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-lib-web_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-mod-admin-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-mod-admin-full_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-proto-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-proto-ppp_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-sgi-cgi_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-theme-base_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-theme-openwrt_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
3. Connect the router to the computer and copy the packages to the router using file transfer. For example the following command can be used via the command prompt in windows 10:
   

   scp luci_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-app-firewall_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-i18n-english_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-lib-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-lib-ipkg_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-lib-nixio_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-lib-sys_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-lib-web_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-mod-admin-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-mod-admin-full_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-proto-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-proto-ppp_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-sgi-cgi_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-theme-base_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-theme-openwrt_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk root@192.168.1.1:\root

4. Log into the router. For example by entering the following command into command prompt in windows 10
   

   ssh root@192.168.1.1

5. Packages can be installed using the following command
   

   opkg install PACKAGE_NAME

6. Install the packages in the following order
   • luci-proto-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-lib-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-lib-sys_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-lib-nixio_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-sgi-cgi_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-lib-web_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-i18n-english_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-mod-admin-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-lib-ipkg_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-mod-admin-full_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-theme-base_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-theme-openwrt_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-app-firewall_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci-proto-ppp_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
   • luci_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk
7. The LuCI web GUI will be available at http://192.168.1.1
8. To clean up, remove the packages with the following command
   

   rm luci_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-app-firewall_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-i18n-english_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-lib-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-lib-ipkg_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-lib-nixio_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-lib-sys_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-lib-web_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-mod-admin-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-mod-admin-full_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-proto-core_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-proto-ppp_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-sgi-cgi_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-theme-base_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk luci-theme-openwrt_0.11.1-1_ar71xx.ipk