plugins list - short / empty / confused

[crashdox]

First: it *was* working...   then being a noob & google, I briefly enabled FreeBSD, installed something, disabled FreeBSD.  I suspect that is the root of my problem, but I have no idea how to fix it.  (and *think* i have since learned the correct way, but feel free to slap my hand & point me in the correct direction.)

system/firmware/update shows no issues (FreeBSD disabled):

***GOT REQUEST TO CHECK FOR UPDATES***
Currently running OPNsense 22.1.10 (amd64/OpenSSL) at Fri Jul 22 17:05:42 EDT 2022
Fetching changelog information, please wait... done
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: .......... done
Processing entries: .......... done
OPNsense repository update completed. 799 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
Checking for upgrades (28 candidates): .......... done
Processing candidates (28 candidates): . done
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
***DONE***

The plugins list shows what I did turn on - but none of the big 'available' list.  The plugins that are there - that I did install - all show as "missing".

If I enable FreeBSD, the updates shows a mix of things; of course I cancel & don't do any of it.

Please help.
thank you

[malkovich78]

Same problem to me, it started on same version and continues after upgrade to v22.7; didn't find a fix so far.

Regards

[franco]

Currently when enabling the FreeBSD repository it gives you a bad version of the package manager "pkg" which also breaks your package database for the older version we still use.

I don't currently know a good way to repair this.

Eventually we want to use pkg version 1.18 but not ready to leave 1.17 behind just yet for many reasons.


Cheers,
Franco

[malkovich78]

Hi Franco,

Thanks for the info.

Regards.

[malkovich78]

Hi again,

I confirm the issue is solved after downgrading pkg to OPNsense's repository version (1.17.5_1) and locking pkg updates.

Regards.

[franco]

Nice to hear. In that case something as simple as

# opnsense-revert pkg

Should fix this for others having the same issue.


Cheers,
Franco

[crashdox]

missed this reply by "that much".  LOL.   I backed up the configuration & reburned the unit & restored.  Things are ok now.  Partial lesson learned anyway.   It was good to know other people had these issues.  Still a total noob on this thing, learning every day.