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    2.1-release [Update - Success]

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      doktornotor Banned
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      Adding the "avahi" threads for cross-reference.

      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66588.0.html
      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,61289.0.html

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        ilium007
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        @doktornotor:

        Adding the "avahi" threads for cross-reference.

        http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66588.0.html
        http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,61289.0.html

        Cheers

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          ilium007
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          Is there any clean way of removing packages that havent finished installing / or removing the packages that no longer show up in my installed package list ?

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            kejianshi
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            One last thing - To me, it seems people with Alix have so far been far more willing to spend 3 hours or more in forums than to do a clean wipe and reinstall of all services, so I STILL have no idea if avahi will work after a fresh re-install.  Don't think anyone has done it.  (But I do fresh install at the first sign of a snag - I don't like beating my head against walls)

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              doktornotor Banned
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              @ilium007:

              Is there any clean way of removing packages that havent finished installing / or removing the packages that no longer show up in my installed package list ?

              Type pkg_info/pbi_info into shell… pkg_delete/pbi_delete to remove.

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                ilium007
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                @kejianshi:

                One last thing - To me, it seems people with Alix have so far been far more willing to spend 3 hours or more in forums than to do a clean wipe and reinstall of all services, so I STILL have no idea if avahi will work after a fresh re-install.  Don't think anyone has done it.  (But I do fresh install at the first sign of a snag - I don't like beating my head against walls)

                Probably because doing a 'fresh' install is not as easy as throwing in a CD and booting on an Alix as it is on a PC based system… I dunno..  I would rather fix a problem than do a fresh install and never know what went wrong or how to fix it.

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                  kejianshi
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                  Its faster, thats for sure - But you gotta live with this thing for a long time.

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                    ilium007
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                    @kejianshi:

                    Its faster, thats for sure - But you gotta live with this thing for a long time.

                    Maybe…

                    1. find screwdriver and open case
                    2. find CF card reader and dd image

                    you get the idea. Not as easy / quick as putting in a CD and hitting reset.

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                      kejianshi
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                      Yep - Thats what i was thinking…  Exactly.  Its hard?

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                        ilium007
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                        @kejianshi:

                        Yep - Thats what i was thinking…  Exactly.  Its hard?

                        I might try and find a nice Aton based board and build a new system.

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                          kejianshi
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                          Atom works, but I think your system is salvageable.  I wouldn't set the box on fire or any thing just yet.

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                            ilium007
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                            @kejianshi:

                            Atom works, but I think your system is salvageable.  I wouldn't set the box on fire or any thing just yet.

                            :D :D

                            Removing avahi now:

                            
[2.1-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.harland]/root(7): pbi_delete -v avahi-0.6.29-i386
Running pre-removal script: /var/db/pbi/installed/avahi-0.6.29-i386/pre-remove.sh
Removing: /usr/pbi/avahi-i386
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                              phil.davis
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                              Type pkg_info/pbi_info into shell… pkg_delete/pbi_delete to remove.

                              After using pbi_info and pbi_delete you can also look in:
                              a) /usr/local/pkg
                              b) /usr/local/etc/rc.d
                              and get rid of the scripts starting with the package name, or obviously related to the package.
                              If you are reinstalling straight away, those things will get overwritten anyway by the install, so you don't really have to clean them out.
                              There will still be the menu options that the package added into the config. Those are in config.xml and will appear in your webGUI menus, but clicking them will give an error. Again, if you are reinstalling the package those will all become valid.
                              The cleanest way to "clean up" a package is

                              1. uninstall (or clean it out as above if the uninstall won't go),
                              2. install properly from the GUI,
                              3. uninstall (which should now uninstall cleanly).
                                I haven't had to start from a fresh CF card for a long time now - it should be quite possible to recover gracefully from package installs that die part way through.

                              As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
                              If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                                ilium007
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                                @phil.davis:

                                Type pkg_info/pbi_info into shell… pkg_delete/pbi_delete to remove.

                                After using pbi_info and pbi_delete you can also look in:
                                a) /usr/local/pkg
                                b) /usr/local/etc/rc.d
                                and get rid of the scripts starting with the package name, or obviously related to the package.
                                If you are reinstalling straight away, those things will get overwritten anyway by the install, so you don't really have to clean them out.
                                There will still be the menu options that the package added into the config. Those are in config.xml and will appear in your webGUI menus, but clicking them will give an error. Again, if you are reinstalling the package those will all become valid.
                                The cleanest way to "clean up" a package is

                                1. uninstall (or clean it out as above if the uninstall won't go),
                                2. install properly from the GUI,
                                3. uninstall (which should now uninstall cleanly).
                                  I haven't had to start from a fresh CF card for a long time now - it should be quite possible to recover gracefully from package installs that die part way through.

                                Excellent news ! I know the Alix is underpowered but it is small, uses no power and is a nice little red steel case :D

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                                  phil.davis
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                                  I know the Alix is underpowered but it is small, uses no power and is a nice little red steel case

                                  Yours will run faster in a red case. I only have black cases  :(
                                  Once you get it up and running with links stable and "a decent bit" of free memory after installing and configuring "42 packages", it should run fine. The challenges so far for me are the boot, where lots of stuff gets going together and the poor little thing struggles, and link (hardware or gateway or VPN) down/up events that need a bit of memory headroom for check_reload_status to do all the stuff it wants.

                                  As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
                                  If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                                    MaxPF
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                                    Last night I updated my Alix 2d13 from 2.1RC2 to 2.1 Release without issues. All packages reintalled.

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                                      ilium007
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                                      @MaxPF:

                                      Last night I updated my Alix 2d13 from 2.1RC2 to 2.1 Release without issues. All packages reintalled.

                                      Did you have to re-install them or were they there after the reboot ?

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                                        doktornotor Banned
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                                        @ilium007:

                                        @MaxPF:

                                        Last night I updated my Alix 2d13 from 2.1RC2 to 2.1 Release without issues. All packages reintalled.

                                        Did you have to re-install them or were they there after the reboot ?

                                        5 updated Alixes here, no manual reinstall required. Incl. this abused testbed overloaded with packages.

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                                          ilium007
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                                          My issues seem to be fixed now. Removed Avahi and re-installed other packages (LED pkg for Alix board and OpenVPN client exporter).

                                          Thanks for your help guys :D

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                                            doktornotor Banned
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                                            @ilium007:

                                            My issues seem to be fixed now. Removed Avahi and re-installed other packages (LED pkg for Alix board and OpenVPN client exporter).

                                            Well, all good then. Still leaves the question why stuff like avahi, snort or squid are even offered on nanobsd.

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