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      SteveITS Galactic Empire @adrianp918
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      @adrianp918 Is DNS on pfSense itself functioning? (Diagnostics > DNS Lookup)

      IPv6 set up but not working?

      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html

      Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
      When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
      Upvote šŸ‘ helpful posts!

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        da_Beast @adrianp918
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        @adrianp918 ok - so you are on CE.

        Can your firewall resolve DNS?

        Open a CLI and do this command and post the results...

        pkg update

        Also, what is the content of you file below?

        /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf

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          adrianp918 @da_Beast
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          @da_beast the box works Iā€™m Actively using it now I will post results

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            adrianp918 @da_Beast
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            @da_beast
            the file contents are completely empty and when I run that command nothing happens what so ever

            just goes to the next command input line

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              adrianp918 @SteveITS
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              @steveits dns resolver is working perfectly ipv6 is working, just no update ability or package manager ability

              any help ???

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                SteveITS Galactic Empire @adrianp918
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                @adrianp918 did you run through the troubleshooting doc page I posted? https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html

                Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                Upvote šŸ‘ helpful posts!

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                  adrianp918 @SteveITS
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                  @steveits yes and no matter what I put in the command line nothing comes back

                  like I hit enter key and it just goes to another line as if nothing was entered at all.......

                  I copy and paste the commands, I manually enter the commands and still same result

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                    adrianp918 @SteveITS
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                    @steveits here is the output from my Command lines

                    Enter an option: 8

                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static info -x pfSense-upgrade
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static info -x pfSense-upgrade
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static clean -ay ; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static clean -ay ; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: clear

                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static info -x pfSense-upgrade
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static bootstrap -f
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static update -f
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: fetch -qo /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/
                    ? https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pfsense/pfsense/RELENG_2_4_5/src/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: fetch -qo /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/
                    ? https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pfsense/pfsense/RELENG_2_4_5/src/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root:
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pfSense-upgrade -d -c
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pfSense-upgrade -d -c
                    [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root:

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                      adrianp918
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                        SteveITS Galactic Empire @adrianp918
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                        @adrianp918 There is this...https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/pkg-broken-database.html

                        Otherwise as noted on bottom of the original doc, you can reinstall and restore from backup. That's probably faster than fixing it and you'll know everything is good afterwards.

                        Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                        Upvote šŸ‘ helpful posts!

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                          glacialcalamity
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                          I'm facing the same issue with a brand new install using a backup device that has never been used. DNS is working fine both from a console perspective and from my clients.

                          I believe there is a locked megathread here - https://forum.netgate.com/topic/178049/pfsense-plus-23-01-updates-on-the-1100-and-2100-systems

                          My question is related to this megathread. Are even package options unavailable until this is fixed? It only started happening within the last couple weeks, and it feels totally related. I cannot pull anything from the repos at all.

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                            SteveITS Galactic Empire @glacialcalamity
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                            @glacialcalamity From what I saw in limited testing they pulled the 22.05 repos for the 1100 and 2100 to prevent upgrading. Other models are unaffected. If you go through the "reinstall" process for those two models to install 23.01 then packages are available.

                            Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                            When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                            Upvote šŸ‘ helpful posts!

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                              glacialcalamity @SteveITS
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                              @steveits I'll give it a go with the newer firmware version. I wasn't planning on introducing it yet, but I'll bite for now.

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                                adrianp918 @SteveITS
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                                @steveits I did a complete reinstall and it worked perfectly

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                                  antoniojf @adrianp918
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                                  @adrianp918 this is an pkg service issue, just run the bellow command in PFSense shell to solve:

                                  pkg-static bootstrap -f

                                  This will manually bootstrap pkg service, then go to System > Package manager and click on Available Packages, it shoud be shown now.

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                                    Stuart Pritchard @antoniojf
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                                    @antoniojf
                                    I tried this as I have the same issue with package manager on PF sense community edition
                                    The command pkg-static bootstrap -f returns with this output -
                                    pkg(8) is already installed. Forcing reinstallation through pkg(7).
                                    The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
                                    Please set ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes environment variable to be able to bootstrap in non-interactive (stdin not being a tty)
                                    Please let me know how to set this variable. Thanks Stu

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                                            Cleetus Antony @da_Beast
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                                            @da_Beast
                                            I have same issue.
                                            I cannot see any packages in package manager.
                                            In this location, /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf I can see pfSense-repo.abi

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