pfSense 2.3.2 cannot install Squid and SquidGuard

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pfSense 2.3.2 is newly installed but it gives the following error during the Squid and SquidGuard installation. Number of packages to be installed: 4 The process will require 10 MiB more space. [1/4] Installing squid-3.5.19... ===> Creating groups. Using existing group 'squid'. ===> Creating users Using existing user 'squid'. install: not found pkg: PRE-INSTALL script failed Failed

Originally asked by Kishor Kumar Yadav on Stack Exchange (superuser) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

According to the pfSense forums (dead link as of 2024) the fix for this is: rm -rf /usr/local/etc/squid/ I can confirm it for upgrade from 2.1.5-RELEASE (amd64) to 2.3.2-RELEASE-p1 (amd64) and then using package manager to install Squid Proxy. After removing the directory above I could install the package. Only needed to clear the cache via “Services -> Squid Proxy -> Local Cache -> Clear Disk Cache NOW” to enable the service.

Full answer by Graham: https://superuser.stackexchange.com/a/1172783 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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