Another slightly different 'unable to update' problem

securvark

I've been at this for a while and I can't get it fixed.

I've searched the forums and Google for tips but I simply can't get it to work.

The issue is I upgraded to 2.5.2 a while back just fine and at one point I remember I upgraded some packages too, so at that point, it all worked fine.

I can't upgrade to the latest version though. I don't know when it went wrong, or why but currently I get receive the message Unable to check for updates in the GUI.

From the CLI, when I run pkg update it tells me the following:

Updating mced repository catalogue...
pkg: https://packages.mced.tech/packages/freebsd_12-2_amd64-ng_ports_251/meta.txz: Connection refused
repository mced has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: https://packages.mced.tech/packages/freebsd_12-2_amd64-ng_ports_251/packagesite.txz: Connection refused
Unable to update repository mced
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
Error updating repositories!

I found different threads about unable to update or upgrade, and they seem to have different causes, I tried some of the suggestions though hoping they might help me as well. I also followed the steps in the pinned topic on top of the board, switched the versions, wait a bit, try again, etc.

When I try the option near the end, pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade:

pkg-static: Repository mced missing. 'pkg update' required
pkg-static: No package database installed.  Nothing to do!
Updating mced repository catalogue...
pkg-static: https://packages.mced.tech/packages/freebsd_12-2_amd64-ng_ports_251/meta.txz: Connection refused
repository mced has no meta file, using default settings
pkg-static: https://packages.mced.tech/packages/freebsd_12-2_amd64-ng_ports_251/packagesite.txz: Connection refused
Unable to update repository mced
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
Error updating repositories!
pkg-static: Repository mced cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following 3 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
	pfSense-repo-2.5.2_1 [pfSense]
	pfSense-upgrade-0.98 [pfSense]
	pkg-1.16.3 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be reinstalled: 3
[1/3] Reinstalling pkg-1.16.3...
[1/3] Extracting pkg-1.16.3: 100%
[2/3] Reinstalling pfSense-repo-2.5.2_1...
[2/3] Extracting pfSense-repo-2.5.2_1: 100%
[3/3] Reinstalling pfSense-upgrade-0.98...
[3/3] Extracting pfSense-upgrade-0.98: 100%
You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf if it is no longer needed.

Could it be that the mced.tech is actively blocking my connection for some reason?

I found this thread, its not quite the same but maybe it has a lead?
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/164423/unable-to-check-for-updates/5

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

jimp

mced.tech is not a package server which is a part of pfSense by default, you must have added it manually. Perhaps from a WireGuard development code test before it was released.

You need to find what you changed to add that and remove it.

securvark

@jimp Thank you, you're correct that wireguard was the issue here.

I removed the repo file from /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos and removed the packages from the system with pkg remove wireguard-packagename.

pkg update ran, the update from the GUI works again as well.

Thanks for the assistance!

JWise1203

@securvark I had the same issue. This worked for me as well. Thanks for posting.