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      danejones
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      I'm having the same issue. Started this morning.

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        flatsphere @danejones
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        @danejones Same issue here. Started about a week ago. Running 23.01 release. Used to work just fine.

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          Viper_Rus
          last edited by Viper_Rus

          I'm having the same issue. Started today

          pfSense-upgrade -c
          ``` solved the problem,
          although it starts with an error
          
          

          ERROR: It was not possible to determine pkg remote version
          Updating repositories metadata... done.
          Your system is up to date

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            flatsphere @Viper_Rus
            last edited by

            @viper_rus said in No available packages:

            I'm having the same issue. Started today

            pfSense-upgrade -c
            ``` solved the problem,
            although it starts with an error
            
            

            ERROR: It was not possible to determine pkg remote version
            Updating repositories metadata... done.
            Your system is up to date

            Mine similar, but more errors:
            9c216880-7c9e-4275-98db-db7e0a2404e6-image.png

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              G.Hammer
              last edited by G.Hammer

              I had the same issue and this corrected it for me.

              Deleted as it did not apply to others.

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                tedquade @G.Hammer
                last edited by tedquade

                @g-hammer That did not resolve the issue for me and instead caused an update to system_patches to present in installed packages. I have reverted your suggested change to /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf.

                Ted Quade

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                  G.Hammer @tedquade
                  last edited by

                  @tedquade I shall remove the suggested fix then.

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                    G.Hammer
                    last edited by

                    If you saw the 'fix' before I deleted it, the stanza deleted is restored at any change to anything in the GUI and/or at reboot.

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                      tedquade @G.Hammer
                      last edited by

                      @g-hammer I saw that in other posts on the matter. Thanks for the heads-up though.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Yes, It looks like there is a problem here. We have replicated it locally and should have a solution shortly.

                        Steve

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                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Ok: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14137

                          The issue is that the custom repo data used to upgrade to Plus is not being removed as expected after upgrading.

                          Simply resaving the update branch to Latest Stable (23.01) in System > Update > Update Settings will allow packages to be seen correctly.

                          Removing the custom repo data manually will remove the Plus Upgrade message there.

                          Steve

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                            tedquade @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10 Thanks for the fix, done.

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                              G.Hammer @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10 said in No available packages:

                              Removing the custom repo data manually will remove the Plus Upgrade message there.

                              Where would I do this?

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                                tedquade @G.Hammer
                                last edited by rcoleman-netgate

                                @g-hammer see:

                                https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14137

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                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @G.Hammer
                                  last edited by

                                  @g-hammer said in No available packages:

                                  Where would I do this?

                                  You can run it at the command line via the console or ssh. Or you can run in Diag > Command Prompt in the GUI.

                                  Steve

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                                    G.Hammer @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10
                                    rm: /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-custom.*: No such file or directory

                                    Already gone.
                                    I do have a package listing and have installed what I wanted.
                                    Thanks for the rapid diagnosis and solution.

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                                      flatsphere @stephenw10
                                      last edited by flatsphere

                                      @stephenw10 Received this message at Diagnostics/Command Prompt

                                      rm: /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-custom.*: No such file or directory

                                      Still no packages.

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                                        G.Hammer @tedquade
                                        last edited by

                                        @tedquade Working for you, meaning you have a packages list and can install? Have you rebooted to make certain the fix survives?

                                        No reason to think it doesn't, just checking.

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                                          tedquade @G.Hammer
                                          last edited by

                                          @g-hammer Yes, Yes and Yes (I'm a person of few words).

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @flatsphere
                                            last edited by

                                            @flatsphere said in No available packages:

                                            rm: /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-custom.*: No such file or directory
                                            Still no packages.

                                            Did you also resave the update repo settings?

                                            Are you also seeing the 'Bad Request' error from pkg -d update?
                                            There are other reasons you might not see packages. Bug #14137 only applies to recent upgrades from CE.

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