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      paftdunk
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      Ah, okay. I didn't expect that getting $CURRENT would end up being a step backward for a time on being normal bsd. Makes sense why.

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        Koenig
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        @cmb:

        In 2.2.x, pkg pulled from stock FreeBSD's package repo. In 2.3, that's not enabled because the entire system's based on pkg. You could end up with the wrong package and break things, where stock FreeBSD doesn't have the same options. We might add to what's available via 'pkg install' post-release.

        Makes sense, thank you very much for the answer.

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          PiBa
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          You can stil install FreeBSD packages if really needed, be aware they might not work as intended or cause issues at a later date, i dont really know..

          [2.3-RC][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/znc-1.6.1_1.txz
          Fetching znc-1.6.1_1.txz: 100%    2 MiB   2.0MB/s    00:01
          Installing znc-1.6.1_1...
          Extracting znc-1.6.1_1: 100%
          Message from znc-1.6.1_1:
          *****************************************************************************
          
          If you are upgrading znc from a version prior to 1.0, please be aware that
          znc will modify your configuration file to incorporate support for new
          functionality.
          
          Please visit the following URL for more information:
          
          http://wiki.znc.in/ChangeLog/1.0
          
          *****************************************************************************
          
          
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            Koenig
            last edited by

            @PiBa:

            You can stil install FreeBSD packages if really needed, be aware they might not work as intended or cause issues at a later date, i dont really know..

            [2.3-RC][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/znc-1.6.1_1.txz
            Fetching znc-1.6.1_1.txz: 100%    2 MiB   2.0MB/s    00:01
            Installing znc-1.6.1_1...
            Extracting znc-1.6.1_1: 100%
            Message from znc-1.6.1_1:
            *****************************************************************************
            
            If you are upgrading znc from a version prior to 1.0, please be aware that
            znc will modify your configuration file to incorporate support for new
            functionality.
            
            Please visit the following URL for more information:
            
            http://wiki.znc.in/ChangeLog/1.0
            
            *****************************************************************************
            
            

            I thank you sir!

            A follow question: Some of the required packages to get ZNC working are missing in the pfsense installation so I guess I would have install them as well, the same way?
            Boiled it down to: gettext-tools, gmake, lua52, pkgconf and swig30

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              PiBa
              last edited by

              Hm i didnt run into that when i tried znc, possibly due to that ive been using this testbox for a while and have a dozen packages installed on it.. But yes 'requirements' should be able to be installed that same way.

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                Koenig
                last edited by

                @PiBa:

                Hm i didnt run into that when i tried znc, possibly due to that ive been using this testbox for a while and have a dozen packages installed on it.. But yes 'requirements' should be able to be installed that same way.

                I sincerely thank you sir!

                All needed packages installed and ZNC is up and running.

                Now there just are some other things I have to figure out/ask about ( a hundred or so…  ;D).

                Thanks again!

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                  cmb
                  last edited by

                  @PiBa:

                  You can stil install FreeBSD packages if really needed, be aware they might not work as intended or cause issues at a later date, i dont really know..

                  [2.3-RC][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/znc-1.6.1_1.txz
                  

                  Dependency complications aside (having to manually fetch them), this is the safest way to add such packages right now. If you add FreeBSD's repo to your pkg config, you can end up with problems. Doing it that way greatly limits the possibilities for breaking things.

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                    ioiioi
                    last edited by

                    @cmb

                    does it means that pfsense 2.3+ will abandon the official freebsd's repo.
                    we have to install freebsd's package manually?

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                      cmb
                      last edited by

                      I've been adding packages to our pkg repo as people request them. I added znc today.

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                        Inq
                        last edited by

                        As far as i can tell there is no DNS server package in 2.3 (bind was removed). I suggest adding bind and NSD in pkg repo. I've been running NSD without a problem in 2.3 since launch.

                        The problem with making something idiot proof is that the world keeps making better idiots.

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                          fohdeesha
                          last edited by

                          Could you please add xe-guest-utilities to the repo (it also has a couple dependencies, I take it they get added too)? This is the first thing we all go to install when we install in xen/xenserver, would be a big help and would take four steps out of my "installing pfsense in xenserver" guide!

                          Will these track the main packages in the main freebsd repo when they are updated/changed?

                          Thanks!

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                            cmb
                            last edited by

                            @fohdeesha:

                            Could you please add xe-guest-utilities to the repo (it also has a couple dependencies, I take it they get added too)? This is the first thing we all go to install when we install in xen/xenserver, would be a big help and would take four steps out of my "installing pfsense in xenserver" guide!

                            Will these track the main packages in the main freebsd repo when they are updated/changed?

                            Thanks!

                            Done. The dependencies are automatically handled by poudriere. When the FreeBSD port is updated, it's automatically synced and a new package pushed. It should be there in an hour or so.

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                              cmb
                              last edited by

                              @Inq:

                              As far as i can tell there is no DNS server package in 2.3 (bind was removed). I suggest adding bind and NSD in pkg repo. I've been running NSD without a problem in 2.3 since launch.

                              BIND I'm hesitant to add because if people configure it manually and then the GUI package returns, they'll conflict. Also those who run services like that often want them integrated into the config, and that won't happen with packages added via 'pkg install'. Maybe if it looks like the GUI package won't return (though there are no plans for us to update its GUI, maybe an outside contributor will).

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                                fohdeesha
                                last edited by

                                Awesome, thanks so much!

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                                  Danixu86
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi,

                                  Please, add nrpe2 to that repository. Is very usefull to monitor the server state.

                                  Thanks!!

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                                    rootless
                                    last edited by

                                    First, thank you for your great work. pfSense is really amazing.

                                    Packages needed/package request for 2.3.x:

                                    Stunnel
                                    http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/security/stunnel/
                                    http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/stunnel-5.28,1.txz

                                    Anyone running pfSense behind the GFW of China can't maintain a VPN connection without stunnel or ssh tunneling. This packages was available in 2.2, but dropped off for 2.3

                                    while possible to do: pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/stunnel-5.28,1.txz

                                    As explained repeatedly in the forums, this is less than ideal.
                                    To get things working I had to use:
                                    https://airvpn.info/topic/12800-setting-up-pfsense-22-beta-x64-as-vpn-client-with-stunnel/
                                    and
                                    https://airvpn.info/topic/17444-how-to-set-up-pfsense-23-for-airvpn/

                                    there is still the openssl library mismatch (compiled with p running with s), but it works.

                                    thanks!

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                                      whorfin
                                      last edited by

                                      ngrep and socat, please

                                      Just grabbing these did seem to work:
                                      http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/ngrep-1.45_3.txz
                                      http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/socat-1.7.3.1.txz

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                                        beewolf
                                        last edited by

                                        Please could you add:

                                        mysql56-server
                                        compat9x-amd64
                                        php56-mysql

                                        This is for installing Ozy's captive portal.

                                        Many thanks

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                                          tofutim
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi, this is killing me. :P

                                          I need to install python and apache in order to use qlproxy for web filtering. Can those be added as well to repo? Can we help?

                                          Actually specifically diladele requests

                                          python
                                          py27-sqlite3
                                          py27-ldap
                                          py27-django16
                                          apache24
                                          ap24-mod_wsgi4
                                          openldap-client
                                          sudo
                                          ca_root_nss

                                          –
                                          If I change FreeBSD: { enabled: no } to enabled:yes would I know if I was doing something potentially breaking?
                                          I have to install the items above.

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                                            bfr
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,

                                            we would like to have puppet4 on our pfSense boxes.

                                            TIA
                                            bfr

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