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    Snort won't uninstall/reinstall

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      grape
      last edited by

      Snort didn't install properly and then wouldn't uninstall or reinstall (as it said it was actually installed). The logs say: php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: XML error: no packagegui object found! The last thing it said was "Removing snort components…" Bad pig.

      It might have something to do with the suspicious reset to factory defaults of my previous post, as it was previously installed. Too tired to investigate any more tonight. Will dig into the problem in the morning.

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        gadams999
        last edited by

        BUMP. I just had this happen on 2.0BETA4 Thu Nov 11 22:40:13 EST 2010 build.

        The snort package is not installed (pkg_info) but appears installed in the installed packages list. Is there a process to manually clear the package list entries?

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          You can download a config backup and edit out the snort package entry.

          But you should also be upgrading to recent snapshots and retesting before reporting problems.

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            Jonb
            last edited by

            I seem to be getting this

            Beginning package installation for snort…
            Downloading package configuration file... done.
            Saving updated package information... done.
            Downloading snort and its dependencies...
            Checking for package installation...
            Downloading http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/snort/bin/8.1x86/mysql-client-5.1.53.tbz ...  could not download from there or http://ftp2.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/All/mysql-client-5.1.53.tbz.
            of mysql-client-5.1.53 failed!

            Installation aborted.Backing up libraries...

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              There are several other threads open for that error, and some workarounds posted there.

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                Jonb
                last edited by

                Sorry I will search for them.

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                  grape
                  last edited by

                  It is funny that I found the answer to a completely new problem on an old thread I started.
                  In any case, I believe this is what we were looking for this evening:

                  http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,31058.msg160687.html#msg160687

                  It just worked for me on 2.0-BETA5 (i386) built on Tue Dec 28 05:36:55 EST 2010.

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