2.3 Removed Packages

The available package list in pfSense® software version 2.3 has been trimmed down significantly, mostly removing packages that have been deprecated upstream, no longer have an active maintainer, or were never stable to begin with. Some just haven’t been converted for Bootstrap and may return if converted. The following lists packages no longer available in 2.3 that were in the package list in 2.2.6.

Systems with one of these packages installed can be upgraded, but the package will no longer be there post-upgrade. We recommend uninstalling these packages before upgrading to 2.3:

  • Apache with mod_security-dev / Proxy Server with mod_security - neither ever worked well, no active maintainer.

  • arpwatch - no package maintainer, not converted

  • Asterisk - no package maintainer, not converted

  • bacula-client - no package maintainer, not converted

  • bandwidthd - Is now available on 2.3.4

  • check_mk agent - no package maintainer, not converted

  • DansGuardian - the upstream DansGuardian package is no longer maintained.

  • diag_new_states - no package maintainer, not converted

  • dns-server - no package maintainer, not converted

  • File Manager - no package maintainer, not converted

  • Filer - no package maintainer, not converted

  • HAVP antivirus and its dashboard widgets - the upstream HAVP project is no longer maintained. Antivirus support is now built into the Squid package.

  • imspector - the upstream imspector project is no longer maintained, and doesn’t function with current instant messaging protocols.

  • ipguard-dev - no package maintainer, not converted

  • mailscanner - no package maintainer, not converted

  • netio - no package maintainer, not converted

  • ntop - ntop has been deprecated by its creator in favor of ntopng.

  • olsrd - no package maintainer, not converted

  • PHPService - no package maintainer, not converted

  • Postfix Forwarder - not converted

  • Sarg - deprecated in favor of lightsquid

  • spamd - no package maintainer, not converted

  • squid3 - the squid packages have been consolidated into a single squid package, using version 3.5. The “squid3” package has been removed, and the “squid” package is now version 3.

  • squidGuard-devel - squidGuard-devel no longer exists, use squidGuard instead.

  • SSHDCond - no package maintainer, not converted

  • stunnel - no package maintainer, not converted

  • urlsnarf - no package maintainer, not converted

  • Varnish3 - no package maintainer, not converted

  • vHosts - no package maintainer, not converted

  • vnstat2 - Replaced by Status_Traffic_Totals which uses vnstat for a backend

  • widentd - no package maintainer, not converted

  • Zabbix-2 agent - not converted. Zabbix LTS available as alternative.

  • Zabbix-2 proxy - not converted. Zabbix LTS available as alternative.