[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.