Packages¶
Note
Unlike Debian’s apt
, FreeBSD’s pkg system automatically updates itself with the latest information.
Find packages starting with “git” using pkg search:
pkg search ^git
Install a package with pkg install:
pkg install --yes <pkgname>
List all non-automatically installed packages with pkg query:
pkg query -e '%a=0' %o
Mark packages as automatically installed:
pkg set --automatic 1 <pkgname>
List files for a package:
pkg query '%Fp' python39-3.9.7
List a package’s dependencies:
# pkg query '%do %dv' emby-server
x11/libX11 1.7.2,1
x11-fonts/fontconfig 2.13.94_1,1
security/gnutls 3.6.16
...
List a package’s reverse dependencies:
# pkg query '%ro %rv' python39
databases/py-sqlite3 3.9.9_7
devel/py-setuptools 57.0.0
Find the package that installed a file (see if there’s a more efficient way? Actually this is quite fast anyway):
# pkg query '%o: %Fp' | grep /usr/local/bin/rsync
net/rsync: /usr/local/bin/rsync
net/rsync: /usr/local/bin/rsync-ssl
Upgrade a package, or all packages, with pkg-upgrade:
pkg upgrade <pkgname>
pkg upgrade # upgrade all possible
Show message that a package would have printed after installation:
pkg query '%M' pkgname
Succeed if package is installed with pkg info:
pkg info --exists pkgname
Uninstall package with pkg delete:
pkg delete [--yes] pkgname
Remove packages that were installed by other packages that are no longer installed with pkg autoremove:
pkg autoremove [--yes]