--- opkg/libopkg/opkg_download.c.orig	2008-08-21 12:33:49.000000000 -0500
+++ opkg/libopkg/opkg_download.c	2008-08-21 15:12:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
    General Public License for more details.
 */
 #include "config.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL
 #include <curl/curl.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_GPGME
 #include <gpgme.h>
 #endif
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@
 	setenv("no_proxy", conf->no_proxy, 1);
     }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL
     CURL *curl;
     CURLcode res;
     FILE * file = fopen (tmp_file_location, "w");
@@ -121,6 +124,27 @@
         free(src_basec);
 	return -1;
     }
+#else
+    {
+      int res;
+      char *wgetcmd;
+      char *wgetopts;
+      wgetopts = getenv("OPKG_WGETOPTS");
+      sprintf_alloc(&wgetcmd, "wget -q %s%s -O \"%s\" \"%s\"",
+		    (conf->http_proxy || conf->ftp_proxy) ? "-Y on " : "",
+		    (wgetopts!=NULL) ? wgetopts : "",
+		    tmp_file_location, src);
+      opkg_message(conf, OPKG_INFO, "Executing: %s\n", wgetcmd);
+      res = xsystem(wgetcmd);
+      free(wgetcmd);
+      if (res) {
+	opkg_message(conf, OPKG_ERROR, "Failed to download %s, error %d\n", src, res);
+	free(tmp_file_location);
+        free(src_basec);
+	return res;
+      }
+    }
+#endif
 
     err = file_move(tmp_file_location, dest_file_name);
 
--- opkg/configure.ac.orig	2008-07-08 09:39:11.000000000 -0500
+++ opkg/configure.ac	2008-08-21 14:57:35.000000000 -0500
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # Checks for libraries
 
 # check for libcurl
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CURL, libcurl)
+#PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CURL, libcurl)
 
 
 
--- opkg/libopkg/opkg.c.orig	2008-08-21 19:49:35.000000000 -0500
+++ opkg/libopkg/opkg.c	2008-08-21 19:55:27.000000000 -0500
@@ -1021,7 +1021,9 @@
   return package;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL
 #include <curl/curl.h>
+#endif
 /**
  * @brief Check the accessibility of repositories. It will try to access the repository to check if the respository is accessible throught current network status. 
  * @param opkg The opkg_t
@@ -1071,12 +1073,16 @@
     repositories--;
 
     err = opkg_download(opkg->conf, iter1->data, "/dev/null", NULL, NULL);
+#ifdef HAVE_CURL
     if (!(err == CURLE_OK || 
 		err == CURLE_HTTP_RETURNED_ERROR || 
 		err == CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE ||
 		err == CURLE_REMOTE_FILE_NOT_FOUND || 
 		err == CURLE_TFTP_NOTFOUND
 		)) {
+#else
+    if (!(err == 0)) {
+#endif
 	    ret++;
     }
     str_list_elt_deinit(iter1);