diff --git a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
index 47cb74d97..36afb9e5f 100644
--- a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
@@ -209,11 +209,14 @@ int COPKGManager::exec(CMenuTarget* parent, const string &actionKey)
 bool COPKGManager::checkSize(const string& pkg_name)
 {
 	//get package size
-	string s_pkgsize = getPkgInfo(pkg_name, "Size");
+	string s_pkgsize = getPkgInfo(pkg_name, "Size", false);
 	std::istringstream s(s_pkgsize);
 	u_int64_t pkg_size;
 	s >> pkg_size;
 
+	string status = getPkgInfo(pkg_name, "Status");
+	dprintf(DEBUG_NORMAL,  "[COPKGManager] [%s - %d]  Status of %s: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, pkg_name.c_str(), status.c_str());
+
 	//get available size
 	//TODO: Check writability!
 	struct statfs root_fs;
@@ -230,7 +233,9 @@ bool COPKGManager::checkSize(const string& pkg_name)
 	dprintf(DEBUG_INFO,  "[COPKGManager] [%s - %d] Package: %s [required size=%lld (free size: %lld)]\n", __func__, __LINE__, pkg_name.c_str(), req_size, free_size);
 	if (free_size < req_size){
 		dprintf(DEBUG_NORMAL,  "[COPKGManager] [%s - %d]  WARNING: size check freesize=%lld package size=%lld (recommended: %lld)\n", __func__, __LINE__, free_size, pkg_size, req_size);
-		return false;
+		//exit with false if package not installed, allready installed packages will be be removed before install, therefore it should be enough disk space available
+// 		if (status.empty())
+			return false;
 	}
 	return true;
 }
@@ -573,10 +578,10 @@ string COPKGManager::getBlankPkgName(const string& line)
 	return "";
 }
 
-string COPKGManager::getPkgInfo(const string& pkg_name, const string& pkg_key)
+string COPKGManager::getPkgInfo(const string& pkg_name, const string& pkg_key, bool current_status)
 {
 	tmp_str.clear();
-	execCmd(pkg_types[OM_INFO] + pkg_name, false, true);
+	execCmd(pkg_types[current_status ? OM_STATUS : OM_INFO] + pkg_name, false, true);
 	dprintf(DEBUG_INFO,  "[COPKGManager] [%s - %d]  [data: %s]\n", __func__, __LINE__, tmp_str.c_str());
 
 	return getKeyInfo(tmp_str, pkg_key, ":");
diff --git a/src/gui/opkg_manager.h b/src/gui/opkg_manager.h
index 45a5fee32..91d053bc7 100644
--- a/src/gui/opkg_manager.h
+++ b/src/gui/opkg_manager.h
@@ -68,7 +68,20 @@ class COPKGManager : public CMenuTarget
 		};
 		void getPkgData(const int pkg_content_id);
 		std::string getBlankPkgName(const std::string& line);
-		std::string getPkgInfo(const std::string& pkg_name, const std::string& pkg_key);
+
+		/*
+		* Gets an info from opkg command info or status from a package via keywords as std::string
+		* 1st parameter is name of package as string eg. "gdb", without file extension or version data
+		* 2nd parameter needs a keyword like:
+		* Package, Version, Depends, Status, Section, Architecture, Maintainer, MD5Sum, Size, Filename, Source, Description
+		* These kewords are to find in the control package inside of the opkg package file and the package list.
+		* 3rd parameter sets the sub command status or info. For more details, take a look to the opkg commands via command line.
+		*/
+		std::string getPkgInfo(const std::string& pkg_name, const std::string& pkg_key, bool current_status = false);
+
+		//Does the same like getPkgInfo(), but only for status
+		std::string getPkgStatus(const std::string& pkg_name, const std::string& pkg_key){return getPkgInfo(pkg_name, pkg_key, true);}
+
 		std::string getKeyInfo(const std::string& input, const std::string& pkg_info_key, const std::string& delimiters);
 		int showMenu();
 		void updateMenu();