Add pfsense package with command line

new_in_pf

Hi to all again

How i can add a package to my pfsense only with command line in shell?!

I download a package (.tbz file) and all of prerequirement and put them into '/usr/local/pkg/' directory,
then first install all prerequirement's package successfully and then install main package successfully too
(pkg_add 'PackageName.tbz')
but in the web of pfsense don't show any one these package and i can not use of these.

Can any person help me that how add packages to my pfsense with command line?

Excuse me for bad english!!

rjcrowder

This code will do it. Save as pkg-install.php and invoke as /usr/local/bin/php ./pkg-install.php "pkg name".

/* $Id$ */
/* ========================================================================== */
/*
    pkg-install.php
*/

require_once("/etc/inc/util.inc");
require_once("/etc/inc/functions.inc");
require_once("/etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc");
require_once("/etc/inc/filter.inc");
require_once("/etc/inc/shaper.inc");
require_once("/etc/inc/globals.inc");

function install_pkg($pkgid) {
global $pkg_interface;

        $pkg_interface = "console";
	print "Installing package " . $pkgid . "\n";
	$status = install_package($pkgid);
	if($status == -1) {
		print "Installation of " . $pkgid . " FAILED!\n";
	}
	else {
		print "Installation of: " . $pkgid . " completed.\n";
		$status = get_after_install_info($pkgid);
		if($status)
			print "Installation completed." . "\n" . $pkgid . " setup instructions" . "\n" . $status . "\n";
		else
			print "Installation completed. Please check to make sure that the package is configured from the respective menu then start the package.\n";
	}

	filter_configure();
}

if ($argv[1]!="")
        install_pkg($argv[1]);

?>

new_in_pf

Thanks but i did not mean that you say! :-\

I create this file pkg-install.php but i don't know that where i put this.

" and invoke as /usr/local/bin/php" : How i do it?

Unfortunately i am new in pfsense and don't understand specialized expressions of you. :'(

rjcrowder

I'm not sure I understand… you asked how to install a pfSense package from the command line.

If you save the php code somewhere, you can run it from the command line... just do 'php yourfile.php "package_name"' where package name is the package you want to install.

jimp

2.1 includes a script to do this already.

https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/2.1_New_Features_and_Changes#SH.2FPHP_Shell_Scripts

rjcrowder

Nice! Thanks! Didn't know that was in 2.1.

jimp

Though reviewing the OP's request he seems to be trying to install the files locally by hand and that isn't possible - the script works like the GUI it requires remote access to the package repository.

new_in_pf

@jimp:

Though reviewing the OP's request he seems to be trying to install the files locally by hand and that isn't possible - the script works like the GUI it requires remote access to the package repository.

Really don't can i install packages locally? Even with "pkg_add" command?

Actually i install a package and his requirement from my hard and package compeletly installed with command line but problem is that don't show this package on the web interface!!!

Can you help me about this?

jimp

That is correct, you can get the binary parts installed, but not the GUI parts. There is no current way to do that without manually moving a bunch of files and hand editing several things into the config.xml file.

It's something we want to accommodate in the future, but it is not currently possible.

new_in_pf

thanks for your help jimp but i have a problem and that is this:

Some of files of packages is filter for me and these not in my access
so i can not install some package on pfsense.
How i install this packages?

Can i get packages from installed packages on another pfsense that it access is full?