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    pkg update: Bad request

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      demux
      last edited by

      Hi!

      I get this:

      [23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@pfsense]/root: pkg search exfat
      pkg: Repository pfSense-core missing. 'pkg update' required
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-core/meta.txz: Bad Request
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg: Bad Request
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-core/packagesite.txz: Bad Request
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_05_1/meta.txz: Bad Request
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_05_1/packagesite.pkg: Bad Request
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_05_1/packagesite.txz: Bad Request

      [23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@pfsense]/root: pkg update
      Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-core/meta.txz: Bad Request
      repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg: Bad Request
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-core/packagesite.txz: Bad Request
      Unable to update repository pfSense-core
      Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_05_1/meta.txz: Bad Request
      repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_05_1/packagesite.pkg: Bad Request
      pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_05_1_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_05_1/packagesite.txz: Bad Request
      Unable to update repository pfSense
      Error updating repositories!

      Why do I get these errors and what can I do against them?

      Thanks!
      -demux-

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        'Bad Request' like that means it's sending an invalid client cert. If you have not recently opened the gui run pfSense-repoc before running those pkg commands.

        Steve

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