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    Snort update coming soon – please read about an important change!

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      doktornotor Banned
      last edited by

      @/CS:

      Any news???  :(

      Any news would need to come from the developers/people with access to the HW. Frankly, pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong with all those migrations, even the 2.1.1 release got messed up. Dunno what's up with the guys lately.  :(

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      • BBcan177B
        BBcan177 Moderator
        last edited by

        Bill is also away on Holidays so don't expect a reply from him until he's back.
        Hopefully someone at ESF fixes the issue.

        :o  Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results!  :o

        "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

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          Pummel
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          Someone needs to fix this stat! I didn't even know that 2.9.6.0 v3.0.5 was brand new. I don't check my packages for updates very often. I updated and now have no Snort. How can I revert to 2.9.5.6 v3.0.4?

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            fragged
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            @Pummel:

            Someone needs to fix this stat! I didn't even know that 2.9.6.0 v3.0.5 was brand new. I don't check my packages for updates very often. I updated and now have no Snort. How can I revert to 2.9.5.6 v3.0.4?

            You can't unless you have a local backup of it.

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              chrissl
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              Is there any how-to, how i can install a package manually ?

              Because we can download the older versions but Not via Package-Installer.

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                cjbujold
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                Tried doing the update, got error trying to re-install and still getting error.

                How can we fix?

                Thanks

                Beginning package installation for snort .
                Downloading package configuration file… done.
                Saving updated package information... done.
                Downloading snort and its dependencies...
                Checking for package installation...
                Downloading https://files.pfsense.org/packages/amd64/8/All/snort-2.9.6.0-amd64.pbi ...  could not download from there or http://files.pfsense.org/packages/amd64/8/All//snort-2.9.6.0-amd64.pbi.
                of snort-2.9.6.0-amd64 failed!

                Installation aborted.Removing package...
                Starting package deletion for snort-2.9.6.0-amd64...done.
                Removing snort components...
                Menu items... done.
                Services... done.
                Loading package instructions...
                Include file snort.inc could not be found for inclusion.
                Deinstall commands...
                Not executing custom deinstall hook because an include is missing.
                Removing package instructions...done.
                Auxiliary files... done.
                Package XML... done.
                Configuration... done.
                done.
                Failed to install package.

                Installation halted.

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                  chrissl
                  last edited by

                  Should work now.

                  Package is available amd64

                  Edit:

                  sorry.. I'n in a ipv6 network at the moment and can see it -.-'

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                    Pummel
                    last edited by

                    i386 file is still missing and I still cannot get amd64. People using IPv6 seem to be able to access it though.

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                      chrissl
                      last edited by

                      here i have uploaded the amd64 version.

                      But i have no idea how i/you can install it manually :(

                      snort-2.9.6.0-amd64.zip

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                        iccws
                        last edited by

                        @chrissl:

                        here i have uploaded the amd64 version.

                        But i have no idea how i/you can install it manually :(

                        snort-2.9.6.0-amd64.zip

                        pkg_add

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                          drew134
                          last edited by

                          I tried downloading the correct pbi file using an IPV6 proxy: http://www.ipv6proxy.net/go.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.pfsense.org%2Fpackages%2F8%2FAll%2F&b=0&f=norefer

                          I can get the file, uploaded to my own hosting service and tried a pkg_add -r in the command prompt and got the following error.

                          tar: Failed to set default locale
                          pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package?

                          So there's that… just in case anyone knows any more than I know to try.

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                            Pummel
                            last edited by

                            @drew134:

                            I tried downloading the correct pbi file using an IPV6 proxy: http://www.ipv6proxy.net/go.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.pfsense.org%2Fpackages%2F8%2FAll%2F&b=0&f=norefer

                            I can get the file, uploaded to my own hosting service and tried a pkg_add -r in the command prompt and got the following error.

                            tar: Failed to set default locale
                            pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package?

                            So there's that… just in case anyone knows any more than I know to try.

                            Do you have the i386 or amd64 version of pfSense installed? that link points to i386 use http://www.ipv6proxy.net/go.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.pfsense.org%2Fpackages%2Famd64%2F8%2FAll%2F&b=1 to get amd64

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                              drew134
                              last edited by

                              @Pummel:

                              @drew134:

                              I tried downloading the correct pbi file using an IPV6 proxy: http://www.ipv6proxy.net/go.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.pfsense.org%2Fpackages%2F8%2FAll%2F&b=0&f=norefer

                              I can get the file, uploaded to my own hosting service and tried a pkg_add -r in the command prompt and got the following error.

                              tar: Failed to set default locale
                              pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package?

                              So there's that… just in case anyone knows any more than I know to try.

                              Do you have the i386 or amd64 version of pfSense installed? that link points to i386 use http://www.ipv6proxy.net/go.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.pfsense.org%2Fpackages%2Famd64%2F8%2FAll%2F&b=1 to get amd64

                              I actually have the i386 version. Thank you for noticing and adding that.

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                                JStyleG7X
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                                I've made TinyURL links from the ipv6proxy page you listed, my pfSense box seemed to like that better.

                                I'm not an expert at installing these but from what I read the process should be as follows (please correct any mistakes)…

                                1.) SSH into your pfSense box
                                2.) Choose option 8
                                3.) I believe you need to run the .pbi i386/amd64 link - copy and paste the correct link that corresponds to your system.

                                pkg_add -r http://tinyurl.com/ipv6-pfsense-i386/snort-2.9.6.0-i386.pbi
                                pkg_add -r http://tinyurl.com/ipv6-pfsense-i386/snort-2.9.6.0.tbz

                                pkg_add -r http://tinyurl.com/ipv6-pfsense-amd64/snort-2.9.6.0-amd64.pbi
                                pkg_add -r http://tinyurl.com/ipv6-pfsense-amd64/snort-2.9.6.0.tbz

                                4.) Type "rehash" and press enter
                                5.) Type "snort-2.9.6.0-amd64 -i" or "snort-2.9.6.0-i386 -i"

                                I based these instructions of of the following page, https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Installing_FreeBSD_Packages

                                UPDATE

                                It seems the links above might not work as I thought, the slash and file name are not being read correctly when it attempts to download, I did however recreate the links directly to the files.....but then the problem I had with this was the dependencies did not download correctly.

                                These are links to download the files directly from the working ipv6 mirror.

                                http://tinyurl.com/pfsensesnort-2-9-6-0-amd64-pbi
                                http://tinyurl.com/pfsensesnort-2-9-6-0-amd64-tbz

                                http://tinyurl.com/pfsense-snort-2-9-6-0-i386-pbi
                                http://tinyurl.com/pfsense-snort-2-9-6-0-i386-tbz

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                                  drew134
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                                  @JStyleG7X:

                                  I've made TinyURL links from the ipv6proxy page you listed, my pfSense box seemed to like that better.

                                  I'm not an expert at installing these but from what I read the process should be as follows (please correct any mistakes)…

                                  1.) SSH into your pfSense box
                                  2.) Choose option 8
                                  3.) I believe you need to run the .pbi i386/amd64 link - copy and paste the correct link that corresponds to your system.

                                  pkg_add -r http://tinyurl.com/ipv6-pfsense-i386/snort-2.9.6.0-i386.pbi
                                  pkg_add -r http://tinyurl.com/ipv6-pfsense-i386/snort-2.9.6.0.tbz

                                  pkg_add -r http://tinyurl.com/ipv6-pfsense-amd64/snort-2.9.6.0-amd64.pbi
                                  pkg_add -r http://tinyurl.com/ipv6-pfsense-amd64/snort-2.9.6.0.tbz

                                  4.) Type "rehash" and press enter
                                  5.) Type "snort-2.9.6.0-amd64 -i" or "snort-2.9.6.0-i386 -i"

                                  I based these instructions of of the following page, https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Installing_FreeBSD_Packages

                                  I read a little bit about it earlier and I please correct me if I am wrong.  I believe the package manager actually uses an install script for packages.. it installs the services and then installs/creates the menu entries in the GUI.  I believe my only installing the PBI you create the service but not the GUI entries???  The package manager uses XML scripting or something along those lines.  Again,  please feel free to add on… the more we all know the better in the long run  :)

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                                    JStyleG7X
                                    last edited by

                                    Yeah I read that too, https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=69370.0

                                    Regardless I still wanted to try it anyway….I didn't get any farther though.

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                                      cmb
                                      last edited by

                                      The file inconsistency is fixed, someone that moved DNS only moved the A and not the AAAA which left things inconsistent. I fixed it.

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                                        drew134
                                        last edited by

                                        @cmb:

                                        The file inconsistency is fixed, someone that moved DNS only moved the A and not the AAAA which left things inconsistent. I fixed it.

                                        Confirmed here, downloading and installing.  Thank you!!!!!!  :) ;D :) ;D

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                                          chrissl
                                          last edited by

                                          @drew134:

                                          @cmb:

                                          The file inconsistency is fixed, someone that moved DNS only moved the A and not the AAAA which left things inconsistent. I fixed it.

                                          Confirmed here, downloading and installing.  Thank you!!!!!!  :) ;D :) ;D

                                          Check. Thanks.

                                          Im downloading now ;)

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                                            kilthro
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks for fixing!

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