Re-installing a broken package?
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Background: I rebooted my pfSense 1.2 (1.2-BETA-1-TESTING-SNAPSHOT-05-27-2007) box today while trying to get ACPI working. As a result a few packages were (I assume) upgraded, including Dashboard. Dashboard went through the "install, deinstall, install" cycle a few times (3 I think).
After this, I now have a system that things that Dashboard is installed, but it isn't. I can't de-install it, because it's not installed. I can't install it, because the system thinks it's installed so doesn't list it under "Available packages". Catch-22 :(
On a side note, it's annoying to have packages upgraded during a reboot (if nothing else it turns a 60s reboot into a multi-minute one). Is there any way to stop this from happening and instead have pfSense provide me with a list of outdated packages?
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Ah, the answer was to modify the path called by one of the other packages install button to:
http: //pfsense.local/pkg_mgr_install.php?id=Dashboard
And bingo, it re-installs and works.
