[SOLVED] Python under NanoBSD

alphazo

I need to install Python in order to use my poor man's VPN solution over SSH. In the past I was able to do that on pfSense 1.2.3 by adding the right packages http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,32675.0.html

I tried to do the same on 2.0.1 nanoBSD (Alix board) but got some errors. Installed completed though but it looks like half installed.


/etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
setenv PACKAGESITE "ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/Latest/"
pkg_add -r python


Fetching ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/Latest/python.tbz... Done.
Fetching ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/All/python26-2.6.5.tbz...Done.
....
lib/python2.6/test/test_scope.pyo: Seek failed
lib/python2.6/test/test_scope.pyc: Seek failed
lib/python2.6/test/test_scriptpackages.py: Seek failed
...
/var: write failed, filesystem is full
....

And here the space left on my filesystem:


Filesystem           Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/ufs/pfsense1    913M    183M    657M    22%    /
devfs                1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
/dev/md0              38M    276K     35M     1%    /tmp
/dev/md1              58M    7.5M     46M    14%    /var
/dev/ufs/cf           49M    555K     45M     1%    /cf
devfs                1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /var/dhcpd/dev

Any idea on how I can install python on pfSense 2.0.1?

Thanks
Alphazo

marcelloc

why don't you try files.pfsense.org repo?

http://files.pfsense.org/packages/8/All/python26-2.6.6.tbz
http://files.pfsense.org/packages/8/All/python27-2.7.2_3.tbz

Or try to install any package that needs python?

alphazo

I tried pkg_add -r http://files.pfsense.org/packages/8/All/python26-2.6.6.tbz but I get the same error. Looks like /var is getting full.

marcelloc

Can you try any other package? Seems like you have problems on your cf card.

alphazo

Looks like I'm not the only one with this specific issue:
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,40868.0.html

As recommended I tried to install another package and everything went well:

/etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
pkg_add -r http://files.pfsense.org/packages/8/All/unzip-6.0.tbz
/etc/rc.conf_mount_ro

jimp

On NanoBSD, /var/ is a ram disk, so easy to fill up.

You have to tell pkg_add to put the temp files someplace else. See how we get around it for gitsync on nanobsd:

https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/blob/master/etc/phpshellsessions/gitsync#L31

alphazo

Thanks jimp for providing the answer.

Here is how I installed python under NanoBSD:

/etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
setenv PKG_TMPDIR /root/
pkg_add -r http://files.pfsense.org/packages/8/All/python26-2.6.6.tbz
/etc/rc.conf_mount_ro

Cool… Since Python is running on NanoBSD, I now have my sshuttle tool running on my remote laptop and creating a transparent TCP tunnel over SSH including DNS requests.