Package Upgrades via CLI

tman222 · May 26, 2023, 11:37 PM

Hi all,

Is there a way to install/remove/update pfSense packages from the shell/console as well or can this only be done via the WebGUI? If yes, what would be the process to do so? Thanks in advance.

tman222 · May 27, 2023, 12:10 AM

I think I answered my own question, found this page in the documentation:

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/pkg-broken-database.html

Is this correct method?

/usr/local/sbin/pkg-static install -yf <additional-package> <another-additional-package>

Thanks again.

provels · May 27, 2023, 10:15 AM

If the packagess are already installed and you just want to update

pkg upgrade

will do it.

JonathanLee · May 28, 2023, 4:51 AM

Pkg update
Pkg clean

Clean gets rid of old versions no longer needed