Python 3 in pfsense

CouldntMakeUpOne · Mar 5, 2019, 2:04 PM

Hey, installed pfsense version 2.4.4. Is there a way to install python 3 in it so that I can run a script? I saw from pkg info that 2.7 is in it, do I have to unpack it? I would much prefer python 3 though.

BBcan177 · Mar 6, 2019, 4:09 AM

https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9360

CouldntMakeUpOne · Mar 6, 2019, 5:43 AM

Reading that, am I right to assume that python3 will only be implemented by 2020?
Is there any way I can go about running a python3 script now?

jimp · Mar 6, 2019, 1:46 PM

We will have pfSense 2.5.0 snapshots available soon with Python 3.6, which you can use for testing then. No ETA, but very soon. We have only a few minor blockers to solve internally before they are ready for public testing.

[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][root@jack]/root: pkg info -x python
python36-3.6.7
[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][root@jack]/root: python3.6 --version
Python 3.6.7

CouldntMakeUpOne · Mar 6, 2019, 6:07 PM

Oh, that's great.
Few questions though, sorry fairly new to the forum.
1)Will it be within the month?
2)Is there any way I can sign up to receive a notification when it is released?
3)Will it be available to download like all the versions via https://www.pfsense.org/download/ ?

jimp · Mar 6, 2019, 6:10 PM

The snapshots should be available soon, but we can't given an ETA. I'd expect them well before the end of the month, but no guarantees. The release will not be for some time yet after that, a few months, most likely.
I'm not sure where we will announce them, probably here on the forum and reddit at least. There might be a blog post, but probably not an announcement e-mail. It will probably be hard to miss when it happens.
Not from that URL, since it won't be a release for quite some time. Development snapshots are on https://snapshots.pfsense.org/

Kalle13 · Mar 7, 2019, 3:41 PM

You can install python 3 from the from the official ports of FreeBSD 11. I did it several days ago.
For the installation you need the http path of the repo to install it. It is because pfsense has not all repos but only a tiny bit.

Kalle

CouldntMakeUpOne · Mar 7, 2019, 3:46 PM

@kalle13 Sorry, what do you mean the http path of the repo. Any guide I can follow. I'm fairly new to this.

Kalle13 · Mar 7, 2019, 4:00 PM

Read this for installation:

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/installing-freebsd-packages.html

and use these repos:
http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:11:x86:64/latest/All/

Grimson · Mar 7, 2019, 4:03 PM

@kalle13 said in Python 3 in pfsense:

and use these repos:
http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:11:x86:64/latest/All/

Just don't come crying when the next pfSense update fails.

Kalle13 · Mar 7, 2019, 4:05 PM

@grimson Really? I did not know that. Is this for sure when I am installing other repos?

Grimson · Mar 7, 2019, 4:11 PM

@kalle13 said in Python 3 in pfsense:

@grimson Really? I did not know that. Is this for sure when I am installing other repos?

It has happened in the past already.

jimp · Mar 7, 2019, 4:14 PM

He's right. Do not be surprised when that causes problems. Do not do that on a production system you care about.

Gertjan · Mar 7, 2019, 4:32 PM

On the other hand : if one is comfortable with installing from the standard FreeBSD repository, upgrading by re installing "from scratch" will be no issue at all.

Kalle13 · Mar 7, 2019, 7:05 PM

@grimson Ok, thanks for your advice. I keep that in mind when the next upodate arrives. What can I do if the update fails?

KOM · Mar 7, 2019, 7:15 PM

@kalle13 Reinstall fresh, restore your xml config and then re-add the Python3 package. Plus, the update may not fail, but it may blow away your Python3 package and cause the things you need it for to break.

Kalle13 · Mar 7, 2019, 7:41 PM

@kom Thanks for your advice!

CouldntMakeUpOne · Mar 11, 2019, 3:02 PM

Hi everyone, sorry for being this thread up again but what about python 2 in the meantime? I saw that there is already python 2 inside pfsense using "pkg info" but I am not able to run python commands. Do I need to do some sort of extraction?

jimp · Mar 11, 2019, 3:06 PM

@couldntmakeupone said in Python 3 in pfsense:

Hi everyone, sorry for being this thread up again but what about python 2 in the meantime? I saw that there is already python 2 inside pfsense using "pkg info" but I am not able to run python commands. Do I need to do some sort of extraction?

Python 2.7 is there and works fine, it just isn't in the python command, but python2.7. If you must have it available when typing python then make an alias or symlink.

CouldntMakeUpOne · Mar 11, 2019, 3:39 PM

@jimp said in Python 3 in pfsense:

symlink.

So, can I just run python 2.7 programs in pfsense by using ./python.py?