Can view package list, but nothing installs.
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Your error message indicates a somewhat borked installation of pfSense itself. Or at least what was installed has been corrupted with some different versions of key files. Again, if you have a Netgate appliance, find your box in this documentation list and then you can get to step-by-step instructions for downloading the correct source file and installing a 2.4.4 OS from scratch -- https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/. As @KOM suggested, I would not try to restore the
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KOM said "That message gets displayed every time you apply an update", you're saying it's indicative of a borked installation??
What makes you think there's different file versions?
Kom also said I should restore my backup. Dumping config that took me 8 hours to input is not a troubleshooting step I want to take lightly.
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@bglamb said in Can view package list, but nothing installs.:
KOM said "That message gets displayed every time you apply an update", you're saying it's indicative of a borked installation??
What makes you think there's different file versions?
He means the "please wait while the update system initializes" message. I'm saying the freezing with no pkg installation and the fact you said you found a file in /cf/conf that had the mismatched PHP versions message can mean a borked base software installation.
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Ok, thanks.
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And by the way, installing packages outside the GUI can break things since some packages may automatically bring down new (or even older) versions of key parts of the pfSense GUI plumbing packages. PHP comes to mind here. It's generally not a good idea to install using
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@bmeeks Yeah. The whole thing was working, and I did the auto-update to the latest stable version and things broke.
I Googled it and just followed the commands from other people's forum posts, which were to force install a load of packages via SSH.
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Yes, I did suggest that he restore from his config.xml backup once he has the base install done. I figured that it was the base install that had the problem and his config was likely fine. He can verify it before he restores it.
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@bglamb said in Can view package list, but nothing installs.:
@bmeeks Yeah. The whole thing was working, and I did the auto-update to the latest stable version and things broke.
I Googled it and just followed the commands from other people's forum posts, which were to force install a load of packages via SSH.
If it's a new Netgate appliance, you have some free tech support. Take advantage of it. If it was purchased third-party, then the pfSense on it is not exactly legal as under the copyright/trademark laws only Netgate can sell something with "pfSense" pre-installed on it.
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@KOM I guess I can do a clean install, then if the config breaks it, just clean install again. Saves me a lot of work, if it works!
