[SOLVED] 16.7 packages?

[ELCouz]

Hi,

I just recently switched to opnsense (previous untangle/pfSense).

opnsense is very nice and I now plan to keep it.

The last thing I need is to port my scripts to make my front LCD work on my rackmount case.

Is there a way to install vnstat and bwm-ng on opnsense?

Can't find any package manager on the console.

Searching on the forum didn't return good results...


Thanks!.... a lot!!!


Laurent

[franco]

Hi Laurent,

Welcome. 

We do have the possibility to add FreeBSD packages from the command line:

# pkg install vnstat

bwm-ng is not in the packages so I added it and it'll be available in 16.7.3:

https://github.com/opnsense/tools/commit/bd1185dfa79989640bfe326c7b0804b066ca771b

You can also view a list of all available packages and their description by running:

# pkg rquery "%n (%c)"

Note that "packages" is used for FreeBSD style command line tools, while "plugins" is used for GUI-enhanced additions in our nomenclature, something that pfSense also calls "packages". We just don't want to keep confusing people about whether we have a package that has a GUI component. It makes communication and expectations easier to manage.

Some packages are good candidates for plugins, but plugins are largely a community thing from our perspective so that they need to be worked on in order to become a part of the plugin system for others to be installed. In the case of vnstat this has been asked a few times, but nobody stepped up yet. We do have a similar solution now with NetFlow/Insight that might suffice for some.

I hope this helps.


Cheers,
Franco

[ELCouz]

I just need the bwm-ng and vnstat as program installed without GUI.

They run with a script in the background every 5 seconds to update the rackmount LCD stats (Down/Up Speed , OnPeak/OffPeak usage).

What's is the ETA on 16.7.3?

Sorry for the confusion & thanks for your help! 


Have a nice day!

Laurent

[franco]

Hi Laurent,

ETA for 16.7.3 is Wednesday, but assuming you are on amd64 I pulled the packages from the test build:

# pkg add -f https://pkg.opnsense.org/snapshots/libstatgrab-0.91.txz
# pkg add -f https://pkg.opnsense.org/snapshots/bwm-ng-0.6_2.txz

vnstat should be in the packages. I'm marking this solved, but if you run into problems (or use i386 instead) please let me know.


Cheers,
Franco

[ELCouz]

Wow thanks!

Is there any way I can contribute back to help you?

I am very impressed by the support you bring, resolving issues faster than even with a paid contract 

[franco]

Hi Laurent,

Thanks! It's simple: enjoy, spread the word and keep us on our toes.


Cheers,
Franco

[cbb09]

I just need the bwm-ng and vnstat as program installed without GUI.

They run with a script in the background every 5 seconds to update the rackmount LCD stats (Down/Up Speed , OnPeak/OffPeak usage).

Have you tried lcdproc? I've had a rackmount LCD in passthrough mode a while ago and it worked with one of the lcdproc drivers. There's no plugin for lcdproc, but I have a FreeBSD 10.3 VM build environment and compiled lcdproc there. I just copied the files over to my opnsense machine and it worked beautifully.