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    [SOLVED] Unable to update for 2.3.4 version

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • empbillyE
      empbilly
      last edited by

      Hello guys,

      As I had commented in another topic, my pfsense is not showing the update. This pfsense is only for use of the captive portal as an authentication method for our wi-fi users.

      • This behind the edge firewall (pfsense)
      • This is in a vlan and has public IP
      • Functional DNS
      • I can install packages

      I tried edit directly to the file /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf and upgrade via shell with option 13, but without success.

      In the logs the only entry that seems to be related to the problem is,

      May 6 08:28:32	kernel		pid 97292 (pkg), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
      May 6 08:28:23	kernel		pid 85018 (pkg), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)
      

      Maybe the pkg is broken? The strange thing is that I have to update pkg via pkg upgrade pkg and no error occurs.

      Is there any other way I can force this update?

      https://eliasmoraispereira.wordpress.com/

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      • empbillyE
        empbilly
        last edited by

        Okay. After many attempts and a lot of research I believe I got it.  ;D

        I executed the following commands in shell prompt:

        Re-create the pfsense repo;

        pkg-static update -f
        

        (Re)Install pfsense-base;

        pkg install pfSense-base
        

        After that webGui shows the update for me and I execute the last command in shell.

        pfSense-upgrade -d
        

        If it still does not work after the above steps. Try the commands below and retry the commands above.

        pkg-static install -f pkg
        

        and

        pkg shell
        CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE pkg_search USING fts4(id, name, origin);
        pragma user_version=33;
        .exit
        

        after

        pfSense-upgrade -d
        

        https://eliasmoraispereira.wordpress.com/

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          phil.davis
          last edited by

          For that last command, I think you mean:

          
          pfSense-upgrade -d
          
          

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          • empbillyE
            empbilly
            last edited by

            @phil.davis:

            For that last command, I think you mean:

            
            pfSense-upgrade -d
            
            

            Yes phil. Thanks!  ;D

            https://eliasmoraispereira.wordpress.com/

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              lalamper
              last edited by

              Hi All,

              I have issues with update from 2.3.3-RELEASE-p1 to 2.3.4.

              Web GUI says: Unable to check for updates.

              From command line, I got the following:

              pfSense-upgrade -4

              Updating repositories metadata…
              Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
              pkg: https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_4_amd64-core/meta.txz: Not Found
              repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
              pkg: https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_4_amd64-core/packagesite.txz: Not Found
              Unable to update repository pfSense-core
              Updating pfSense repository catalogue…
              pkg: https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_4_amd64-pfSense_v2_3_4/meta.txz: Not Found
              repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
              pkg: https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_4_amd64-pfSense_v2_3_4/packagesite.txz: Not Found
              Unable to update repository pfSense

              DNS resolution and internet connection are working fine.
              I have copied and tried to get the file via browser, but it seems update site has issue:
              404 Not Found
              nginx/1.10.3

              Can you please help me?

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              • chpalmerC
                chpalmer
                last edited by

                @empbilly:

                Yes phil. Thanks!  ;D

                And you get a thanks for having the same issue and fix as just one of my boxes. (so I didn't have to chase down and sit too long trying to fix it..)  ;) ;D

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                  ginne
                  last edited by

                  @empbilly:

                  Okay. After many attempts and a lot of research I believe I got it.  ;D

                  I executed the following commands in shell prompt:

                  Re-create the pfsense repo;

                  pkg-static update -f
                  

                  (Re)Install pfsense-base;

                  pkg install pfSense-base
                  

                  After that webGui shows the update for me and I execute the last command in shell.

                  pfSense-upgrade -d
                  

                  Now, everything works!

                  Did not help me! Here my result:

                  pkg: No package(s) matching pfSense-kernel-*

                  Updating repositories metadata…
                  Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                  pfSense-core repository is up-to-date.
                  Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                  pfSense repository is up-to-date.
                  All repositories are up-to-date.
                  ERROR: Unable to compare version of pfSense-repo
                  Locking package pfSense-base... done.
                  Locking package pkg... done.

                  Any idea?

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