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      adrianp918
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      no packages available what so ever, not even a update, ...is this normal

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        Vollans @adrianp918
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        @adrianp918 Go to the System menu, then update. Wait for it to decide there is no OS update. Now go to package manager, and magically it works again for a while. I’ve had this constantly since the upgrade.

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          adrianp918 @Vollans
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          @vollans Mine says unable to check for updates.. I have restarted my system 3 -5 times already and selected from the console #13 to update from console and it acts like nothing is there ,

          then under the package manager says no packages available so I dont know what to do :(

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            da_Beast @adrianp918
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            @adrianp918 What version are you running? I recently upgraded from CE to Plus and had a similar issue.

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              adrianp918 @da_Beast
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              @da_beast

              2.6.0-RELEASE (amd64)

              built on Mon Jan 31 19:57:53 UTC 2022
              FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE

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                SteveITS Rebel Alliance @adrianp918
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                @adrianp918 Is DNS on pfSense itself functioning? (Diagnostics > DNS Lookup)

                IPv6 set up but not working?

                https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html

                Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to reboot, or more depending on packages, and device or disk speed.
                Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                  da_Beast @adrianp918
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                  @adrianp918 ok - so you are on CE.

                  Can your firewall resolve DNS?

                  Open a CLI and do this command and post the results...

                  pkg update

                  Also, what is the content of you file below?

                  /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf

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                    adrianp918 @da_Beast
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                    @da_beast the box works I’m Actively using it now I will post results

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                      adrianp918 @da_Beast
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                      @da_beast
                      the file contents are completely empty and when I run that command nothing happens what so ever

                      just goes to the next command input line

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                        adrianp918 @SteveITS
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                        @steveits dns resolver is working perfectly ipv6 is working, just no update ability or package manager ability

                        any help ???

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                          SteveITS Rebel Alliance @adrianp918
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                          @adrianp918 did you run through the troubleshooting doc page I posted? https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html

                          Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                          When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to reboot, or more depending on packages, and device or disk speed.
                          Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                            adrianp918 @SteveITS
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                            @steveits yes and no matter what I put in the command line nothing comes back

                            like I hit enter key and it just goes to another line as if nothing was entered at all.......

                            I copy and paste the commands, I manually enter the commands and still same result

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                              adrianp918 @SteveITS
                              last edited by adrianp918

                              @steveits here is the output from my Command lines

                              Enter an option: 8

                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static info -x pfSense-upgrade
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static info -x pfSense-upgrade
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static clean -ay ; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static clean -ay ; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: clear

                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static info -x pfSense-upgrade
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static bootstrap -f
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static update -f
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: fetch -qo /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/
                              ? https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pfsense/pfsense/RELENG_2_4_5/src/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: fetch -qo /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/
                              ? https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pfsense/pfsense/RELENG_2_4_5/src/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root:
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pfSense-upgrade -d -c
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pfSense-upgrade -d -c
                              [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root:

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                                adrianp918
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                                  SteveITS Rebel Alliance @adrianp918
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                                  @adrianp918 There is this...https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/pkg-broken-database.html

                                  Otherwise as noted on bottom of the original doc, you can reinstall and restore from backup. That's probably faster than fixing it and you'll know everything is good afterwards.

                                  Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                                  When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to reboot, or more depending on packages, and device or disk speed.
                                  Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                                    glacialcalamity
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                                    I'm facing the same issue with a brand new install using a backup device that has never been used. DNS is working fine both from a console perspective and from my clients.

                                    I believe there is a locked megathread here - https://forum.netgate.com/topic/178049/pfsense-plus-23-01-updates-on-the-1100-and-2100-systems

                                    My question is related to this megathread. Are even package options unavailable until this is fixed? It only started happening within the last couple weeks, and it feels totally related. I cannot pull anything from the repos at all.

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                                      SteveITS Rebel Alliance @glacialcalamity
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                                      @glacialcalamity From what I saw in limited testing they pulled the 22.05 repos for the 1100 and 2100 to prevent upgrading. Other models are unaffected. If you go through the "reinstall" process for those two models to install 23.01 then packages are available.

                                      Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                                      When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to reboot, or more depending on packages, and device or disk speed.
                                      Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                                        glacialcalamity @SteveITS
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                                        @steveits I'll give it a go with the newer firmware version. I wasn't planning on introducing it yet, but I'll bite for now.

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                                          adrianp918 @SteveITS
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                                          @steveits I did a complete reinstall and it worked perfectly

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                                            antoniojf @adrianp918
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                                            @adrianp918 this is an pkg service issue, just run the bellow command in PFSense shell to solve:

                                            pkg-static bootstrap -f

                                            This will manually bootstrap pkg service, then go to System > Package manager and click on Available Packages, it shoud be shown now.

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