SOLVED installing packages error

[bms01]

Hey,
I've been trying to install Softether VPN server on a jail and it won't run. (missing file)

Using "pkg add [link]" seems to work but every package needs a dependency and each dependency also needs more and more, so I found that using "pkg install [link]" would install its dependencies automatically, but instead I get an error mentioning the repositories.

(the command that it's giving me error is underlined)

In /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf the url is already
"pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest"

In /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf the url is also
"pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:11:amd64/latest"

help?

 

[dlavigne]

Can you ping an Internet address from the jail? It looks like a network connectivity error.

 

[Nick2253]

Can you ping an Internet address from the jail? It looks like a network connectivity error.

This looks like the most likely cause to me.

Don't forget to update your /etc/resolv.conf file with your DNS servers.

 

[bms01]

Can you ping an Internet address from the jail? It looks like a network connectivity error.

I can ping an Internet Address and have network connection. Like I said, "pkg add" works for a single package but "pkg install" won't.

This looks like the most likely cause to me.

Don't forget to update your /etc/resolv.conf file with your DNS servers.

I got 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 working fine, I was able to resolve names and ping the addresses.

 

[Nick2253]

It looks like it might be a case sensitivity issue. On my machine, I can retrieve https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/meta.txz but https://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:11:amd64/latest/meta.txz gives me a 404 error.

 

[bms01]

It looks like it might be a case sensitivity issue. On my machine, I can retrieve https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/meta.txz but https://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:11:amd64/latest/meta.txz gives me a 404 error.

That worked. Now I a smaller issue, wrong OS version.

How do I know which one is the correct one?

 

[bms01]

I used the following command to know the version.

Changed the repo link to http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_1/

Now the repo says it's up to date but it doesn't find "libreadline-java...", but I'm able to if find it if I manually go to the website "http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_1/All/"

 

[bms01]

Ok, this is so weird.
Since "pkg install http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_1/All/libreadline-java-0.8.0_6.txz" wasn't working, when I used "pkg add ..." instead it would ask for for dependency of openjdk8.
I used "pkg install openjdk8" and it installed all its dependencies.
Right after I was able to use "pkg install http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_1/All/libreadline-java-0.8.0_6.txz" successfully.

Now I'm able to start the vpnserver.

 

[GreyMatters]

I have similar strange issues on my jails. They are working but SOMETIMES pkg seems broken. It's not a network issue, at least not on my part.