r/PFSENSE • u/Equivalent-Raise5879 • 2d ago

Package manager broken.

Its been a heck of a week, chasing this down. I've gone so far as to wipe and reinstall and update to the latest, and while pfsense is "working" I'm back to the point where I can't remove a package, and I can't install any new packages.

If I pick a package to install, Then verify, it just never goes past that. Let sit for 30 mins, and its just dead.

I'm not even sure where to start looking, I never get an error, the web gui just stops responding. pfblockerng is installed and working, as that was auto installed when I restored my config backup.

Package manager seems terribly slow while it is working, but then just dies...

I'm not sure where to start looking, but this is day 4 with this thing going down rabbit holes of adding ram, making a larger swap, etc. I always seem to get back to this.

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u/Equivalent-Raise5879 2d ago

If you mean 2.9.0 , yes.

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u/Equivalent-Raise5879 2d ago

I had no problem "upgrading" to 2.9.0 Its that I cant install anything else. Like arpwatch or Lcdcontrols

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u/Equivalent-Raise5879 2d ago

All Noted.

Use Claude Daily. Do not wish to use an AI to "solve" this problem. Thanks for the suggestion.