FreeBSD packages on 2.3RC

Koenig

In 2.2.x, pkg pulled from stock FreeBSD's package repo. In 2.3, that's not enabled because the entire system's based on pkg. You could end up with the wrong package and break things, where stock FreeBSD doesn't have the same options. We might add to what's available via 'pkg install' post-release.

Makes sense, thank you very much for the answer.

PiBa

You can stil install FreeBSD packages if really needed, be aware they might not work as intended or cause issues at a later date, i dont really know..

[2.3-RC][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/znc-1.6.1_1.txz
Fetching znc-1.6.1_1.txz: 100%    2 MiB   2.0MB/s    00:01
Installing znc-1.6.1_1...
Extracting znc-1.6.1_1: 100%
Message from znc-1.6.1_1:
*****************************************************************************

If you are upgrading znc from a version prior to 1.0, please be aware that
znc will modify your configuration file to incorporate support for new
functionality.

Please visit the following URL for more information:

http://wiki.znc.in/ChangeLog/1.0

*****************************************************************************

Koenig

@PiBa:

You can stil install FreeBSD packages if really needed, be aware they might not work as intended or cause issues at a later date, i dont really know..

[2.3-RC][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/znc-1.6.1_1.txz
Fetching znc-1.6.1_1.txz: 100%    2 MiB   2.0MB/s    00:01
Installing znc-1.6.1_1...
Extracting znc-1.6.1_1: 100%
Message from znc-1.6.1_1:
*****************************************************************************

If you are upgrading znc from a version prior to 1.0, please be aware that
znc will modify your configuration file to incorporate support for new
functionality.

Please visit the following URL for more information:

http://wiki.znc.in/ChangeLog/1.0

*****************************************************************************

I thank you sir!

A follow question: Some of the required packages to get ZNC working are missing in the pfsense installation so I guess I would have install them as well, the same way?
Boiled it down to: gettext-tools, gmake, lua52, pkgconf and swig30

PiBa

Hm i didnt run into that when i tried znc, possibly due to that ive been using this testbox for a while and have a dozen packages installed on it.. But yes 'requirements' should be able to be installed that same way.

Koenig

@PiBa:

Hm i didnt run into that when i tried znc, possibly due to that ive been using this testbox for a while and have a dozen packages installed on it.. But yes 'requirements' should be able to be installed that same way.

I sincerely thank you sir!

All needed packages installed and ZNC is up and running.

Now there just are some other things I have to figure out/ask about ( a hundred or so… ;D).

Thanks again!

cmb

@PiBa:

You can stil install FreeBSD packages if really needed, be aware they might not work as intended or cause issues at a later date, i dont really know..
[2.3-RC][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/znc-1.6.1_1.txz

Dependency complications aside (having to manually fetch them), this is the safest way to add such packages right now. If you add FreeBSD's repo to your pkg config, you can end up with problems. Doing it that way greatly limits the possibilities for breaking things.

ioiioi

@cmb

does it means that pfsense 2.3+ will abandon the official freebsd's repo.
we have to install freebsd's package manually?

cmb

I've been adding packages to our pkg repo as people request them. I added znc today.

Inq

As far as i can tell there is no DNS server package in 2.3 (bind was removed). I suggest adding bind and NSD in pkg repo. I've been running NSD without a problem in 2.3 since launch.

fohdeesha

Could you please add xe-guest-utilities to the repo (it also has a couple dependencies, I take it they get added too)? This is the first thing we all go to install when we install in xen/xenserver, would be a big help and would take four steps out of my "installing pfsense in xenserver" guide!

Will these track the main packages in the main freebsd repo when they are updated/changed?

Thanks!

cmb

@fohdeesha:

Could you please add xe-guest-utilities to the repo (it also has a couple dependencies, I take it they get added too)? This is the first thing we all go to install when we install in xen/xenserver, would be a big help and would take four steps out of my "installing pfsense in xenserver" guide!

Will these track the main packages in the main freebsd repo when they are updated/changed?

Thanks!

Done. The dependencies are automatically handled by poudriere. When the FreeBSD port is updated, it's automatically synced and a new package pushed. It should be there in an hour or so.

cmb

@Inq:

As far as i can tell there is no DNS server package in 2.3 (bind was removed). I suggest adding bind and NSD in pkg repo. I've been running NSD without a problem in 2.3 since launch.

BIND I'm hesitant to add because if people configure it manually and then the GUI package returns, they'll conflict. Also those who run services like that often want them integrated into the config, and that won't happen with packages added via 'pkg install'. Maybe if it looks like the GUI package won't return (though there are no plans for us to update its GUI, maybe an outside contributor will).

fohdeesha

Awesome, thanks so much!

Danixu86

Hi,

Please, add nrpe2 to that repository. Is very usefull to monitor the server state.

Thanks!!

rootless

First, thank you for your great work. pfSense is really amazing.

Packages needed/package request for 2.3.x:

Stunnel
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/security/stunnel/
http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/stunnel-5.28,1.txz

Anyone running pfSense behind the GFW of China can't maintain a VPN connection without stunnel or ssh tunneling. This packages was available in 2.2, but dropped off for 2.3

while possible to do: pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/stunnel-5.28,1.txz

As explained repeatedly in the forums, this is less than ideal.
To get things working I had to use:
https://airvpn.info/topic/12800-setting-up-pfsense-22-beta-x64-as-vpn-client-with-stunnel/
and
https://airvpn.info/topic/17444-how-to-set-up-pfsense-23-for-airvpn/

there is still the openssl library mismatch (compiled with p running with s), but it works.

thanks!

whorfin

ngrep and socat, please

Just grabbing these did seem to work:
http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/ngrep-1.45_3.txz
http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/socat-1.7.3.1.txz

beewolf

Please could you add:

mysql56-server
compat9x-amd64
php56-mysql

This is for installing Ozy's captive portal.

Many thanks

tofutim

Hi, this is killing me. :P

I need to install python and apache in order to use qlproxy for web filtering. Can those be added as well to repo? Can we help?

Actually specifically diladele requests

python
py27-sqlite3
py27-ldap
py27-django16
apache24
ap24-mod_wsgi4
openldap-client
sudo
ca_root_nss

–
If I change FreeBSD: { enabled: no } to enabled:yes would I know if I was doing something potentially breaking?
I have to install the items above.

bfr

Hi,

we would like to have puppet4 on our pfSense boxes.

TIA
bfr

Paint

can someone please also add Softether (it is on the FreeBSD ports page): pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/latest/All/

I posted a how-to manually add it here: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=117626.0

Also, the whereis command provides an error when you use it since we do not have any man pages installed by default on pfSense:

[2.3.3-DEVELOPMENT][root@pfSense.pf.lan]/root: whereis iftop
manpath: not found
whereis: error processing manpath results: No such file or directory