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    PfSense-install-FreeBSD-Package.sh - Install FeeBSD package at pfSense 2.3.x

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    • J Offline
      javcasta
      last edited by

      Hi.

      A shell script: pfSense-install-FreeBSD-Package.sh
      For install FreeBSD package at pfSense. 2.3.x

      The code:

      #!/bin/sh
      # pfSense-install-FreeBSD-Package.sh
      # @javcasta - Javier Casta?non - 2016 - https://javcasta.com/
      ###############################################################
      # Install FreeBSD package at pfSense 2.3
      # Use # sh pfSense-install-FreeBSD-Package.sh <freebsd-package>###############################################################
      
      # FreeBSD: { enabled: no } =>  FreeBSD: { enabled: yes }
      # /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf
      # /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
      
      if [ $# -eq 0 ]
        then
          echo "No package supplied"
          exit 1
      fi
      
      FAUX="/tmp/fauxf2b.tmp"
      FILE1="/usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf"
      cp $FILE1 /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf.back
      FILE2="/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf"
      cp $FILE2 /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf.back
      NOFREEBSD="FreeBSD: { enabled: no }"
      YESFREEBSD="FreeBSD: { enabled: yes }"
      sed "s|$NOFREEBSD|$YESFREEBSD|" $FILE1  > $FAUX
      cp $FAUX $FILE1
      sed "s|$NOFREEBSD|$YESFREEBSD|" $FILE2  > $FAUX
      cp $FAUX $FILE2
      
      pkg bootstrap
      pkg update
      yes | pkg lock pkg
      pkg lock pfSense-2.3.2
      pkg lock dnsmasq-devel
      echo " Install package $1"
      yes | pkg install $1
      yes | pkg unlock pkg
      pkg unlock pfSense-2.3.2
      pkg unlock dnsmasq-devel
      #rehash
      
      #back
      sed "s|$YESFREEBSD|$NOFREEBSD|" $FILE1  > $FAUX
      cp $FAUX $FILE1
      sed "s|$YESFREEBSD|$NOFREEBSD|" $FILE2  > $FAUX
      cp $FAUX $FILE2</freebsd-package> 
      

      Screen for FreeBSD package py27-fail2ban

      sh pfSense-install-FreeBSD-Package.sh py27-fail2ban
      

      Regards

      Javier Castañón
      Técnico de comunicaciones, soporte y sistemas.

      Mi web: https://javcasta.com/

      Soporte scripting/pfSense https://javcasta.com/soporte/

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      • jimpJ Offline
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Do not do this. We don't allow FreeBSD packages to be installed directly with good reason. It's only a matter of time before something gets screwed up in the dependencies or a package gets replaced and the whole system is hosed, or it'll break wildly on upgrade.

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