taken from here:
http://blogs.bu.edu/mhirsch/2014/11/getting-started-with-intel-edison/
http://blogs.bu.edu/mhirsch/2014/11/installing-python-pip-on-intel-edison/
$ cat /etc/opkg/base-feeds.conf
src/gz all http://repo.opkg.net/edison/repo/all
src/gz edison http://repo.opkg.net/edison/repo/edison
src/gz core2-32 http://repo.opkg.net/edison/repo/core2-32
$ opkg update
$ opkg install <software>
$ opkg install python-pip
The updated URLs
https://www.scivision.co/getting-started-with-intel-edison/
https://www.scivision.co/installing-python-pip-on-intel-edison/