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I used to update my port of plexpass in FreeBSD by stopping my jail, and entering the following:

pkg update && pkg upgrade
portsnap fetch update
pkg upgrade plexmediaserver-plexpass
pkg install plexmediaserver-plexpass

This use to work just fine, but at some point along the way the port stopped updating. I have since updated my FreeNAS installation to v11 (stable), but this did not help. I have tried forcing pkg update and pkg upgrade, but this just reports back that the packages are all up-to-date.

I am currently running v1.3.3.3148 of plexpass, but according to freshports, the newest version is v1.8.0.4109.

Here is the link for the freshports page: https://www.freshports.org/multimedia/plexmediaserver-plexpass/

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Nathan Klayko
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you don't need to get all the source ports when using pkg, try to update this file /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf With something like this:

FreeBSD: {
  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}

Notice the line:

url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest"

That indicates to install the latest packages.

You can read more about it here: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?pkg(7), especially check the Configuration section.

nbari
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  • I checked this config file and this was already how the config file was setup. I still have the same issue when I try to run "pkg update -f" or "pkg upgrade -f". Any other thoughts? – Nathan Klayko Aug 08 '17 at 12:35
  • This are the current versions `plexmediaserver-1.7.5.4035` and `plexmediaserver-plexpass-1.8.0.4109` try `pkg install plexmediaserver-plexpass` – nbari Aug 08 '17 at 12:40
  • I have tried installing it with that command... here is what I get: _Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... FreeBSD repository is up-to-date. All repositories are up-to-date. Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) The most recent version of packages are already installed_ – Nathan Klayko Aug 08 '17 at 12:51
  • If I try running `pkg upgrade -f`, then I get this: _Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... FreeBSD repository is up-to-date. All repositories are up-to-date. Checking for upgrades (38 candidates): 100% Processing candidates (38 candidates): 100% Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) The following 38 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): Installed packages to be REINSTALLED: plexmediaserver-plexpass-1.3.3.3148 Number of packages to be reinstalled: 38 Proceed with this action? [y/N]:_ FreeBSD thinks the repositories are up-to-date... Any thoughts? – Nathan Klayko Aug 08 '17 at 12:52
  • try a `pkg info plexmediaserver-plexpass` and check what Repository is been used maybe is not using the `latest` – nbari Aug 08 '17 at 16:41
  • Here is what is said for the repository: `repo_type: binary` `repository: FreeBSD` The version number is still listed as v1.3.3.3148. From my understanding, I should using the official FreeBSD repository... which it is... any thoughts? – Nathan Klayko Aug 08 '17 at 20:36
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After a lot of digging I found an answer. Because my jails was from a very old version of FreeNAS (BSD), the template was out of date and not able to be updated. This is a known issue and there are several bugs reported to FreeNAS and FreeBSD. I found one forum post that helped discover the issue but was not able to resolve the problems.

I decided to create a new jail, install my packages from scratch and move the metadata over. After dealing with some permission issues with the moved metadata, I got everything working correctly. Packages are now updating, plexpass is working and all my metadata is in tact. Here is the post that helped me find my issue:

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/keeping-the-jails-up-to-date.20062/

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