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PKG-INSTALL(8) System Manager's Manual PKG-INSTALL(8) NAME pkg install -- install packages from remote repositories or local archives SYNOPSIS pkg install [-AfIMnFqRXUy] [-r reponame ...] [-Cgix] <pkg-origin|pkg-name|pkg-name-version> ... pkg install [--{automatic,force,no-scripts,ignore-missing,register-only,autoremove}] [--{dry-run,fetch-only,quiet,recursive,no-repo-update,yes}] [--repository reponame ...] [--{case-sensitive,glob,case-insensitive,regex}] <pkg-origin|pkg-name|pkg-name-version> ... DESCRIPTION pkg install is used for installation of packages from package reposito- ries or local archives. Multiple package names can be specified on the command line, either explicitly or by matching against package names (or origins) in the repository catalogues using shell globbing or regu- lar expressions. pkg install first updates any out of date repository catalogues, unless REPO_AUTOUPDATE has been set to NO in pkg.conf. It then creates a work-list of all the package installations to do. Any already installed and up-to-date packages will be dropped from the list unless the -f (force) option is supplied, in which case those packages will be reinstalled. The dependencies of packages in the list are examined and any missing packages are added to the list for installation. Such implicitly added packages are flagged as candidates for autoremoval. See pkg-autoremove(8) for details. If a requested package is already installed at the latest version, pkg install will check whether its autoremoval flag matches the requested state. If pkg install is run without -A and the package is marked as automatically installed, the user will be prompted to clear the autore- moval flag. Conversely, if -A is specified and the package is not marked as automatic, the user will be prompted to set it. See pkg-query(8) for finding the autoremoval status of a package, and pkg-set(8) for modifying it. Any already installed but out of date packages, either named on the command line or from the sum of all their dependencies are added to the work list as upgrade jobs. The work list is sorted into dependency or- der and pkg install will present it to the user for approval before proceeding, unless overridden by the -y option or the ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES setting in pkg.conf. Packages are fetched from the repositories into the local package cache if they are not already present, or if the checksum of the cached pack- age file differs from the one in the repository. Packages may be down- loaded from any of the repositories mentioned in pkg.conf(5) or in the files in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repo. See pkg-repository(5) for details. Package repository catalogues will be automatically updated whenever pkg install is run by a user ID with write access to the package data- base, unless disabled by the -U flag or setting REPO_AUTOUPDATE to NO in pkg.conf(5). OPTIONS The following options are supported by pkg install: -A, --automatic Mark the installed packages as automatic. Will be automati- cally removed if no other packages depend on them. For more information please refer to pkg-autoremove(8). -C, --case-sensitive Make the standard or the regular expression (-x) matching against pkg-name case sensitive. -f, --force Force the reinstallation of the package if already in- stalled. -g, --glob Treat the package names as shell glob patterns. -I, --no-scripts If any installation scripts (pre-install or post-install) exist for a given package, do not execute them. When a package is updated, deinstallation scripts (pre-deinstall or post-deinstall) are not run either. -i, --case-insensitive Make the standard or the regular expression (-x) matching against pkg-name case insensitive. This is the default, un- less modified by setting CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH to true in pkg.conf. -M, --ignore-missing Force the installation of the package with missing dependen- cies. -n, --dry-run Dry-run mode. The list of changes to packages is always printed, but no changes are actually made. -F, --fetch-only Do not perform actual installation of packages, merely fetch packages that should be upgraded and detect possible con- flicts. -q, --quiet Force quiet output, except when -n is used, where pkg install will always show packages to be installed, upgraded or deleted. -R, --recursive When used with -f, reinstalls any packages that require the given package. -r reponame, --repository reponame Install packages from only the named repository. This op- tion can be specified multiple times to use several reposi- tories. Packages will be fetched from the named reposito- ries only, irrespective of the configured "enabled" status from repo.conf. -U, --no-repo-update Suppress the automatic update of the local copy of the repository catalogue from remote. Automatic repository cat- alogue updates are only attempted when the effective UID of the process has write access to the package database. Oth- erwise they are silently ignored. -x, --regex Treat the package names as regular expressions according to the "modern" or "extended" syntax of re_format(7). -X, --register-only Record the package installation in the database but do not extract any files. This also implies -I. -y, --yes Assume yes when asked for confirmation before package in- stallation. -l, --local-only Skip the remote repository and only install from local archives. Suppress the automatic update of the repository catalogue. --autoremove After installing the requested packages, automatically re- move any orphaned packages that were installed as dependen- cies and are no longer required. This is equivalent to run- ning pkg-autoremove(8) after the installation. Can also be enabled permanently via the AUTOREMOVE option in pkg.conf(5). --script-no-exec Do not execute the pre-install and post-install scripts but still log the scripts in the package database for future reference. Unlike -I, which prevents scripts from both run- ning and being recorded, --script-no-exec only suppresses execution. ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg install. See pkg.conf(5) for further description. DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS PKG_CACHEDIR PKG_DBDIR REPO_AUTOUPDATE FILES See pkg.conf(5). SEE ALSO pkg_create(3), pkg_printf(3), pkg_repo_create(3), pkg_repos(3), pkg-keywords(5), pkg-lua-script(5), pkg-repository(5), pkg-script(5), pkg-triggers(5), pkg.conf(5), pkg(8), pkg-add(8), pkg-alias(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-audit(8), pkg-autoremove(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8), pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-help(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-key(8), pkg-lock(8), pkg-plugins(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-repositories(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-ssh(8), pkg-stats(8), pkg-triggers(8), pkg-unregister(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8) FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly July 7, 2024 PKG-INSTALL(8)
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