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PKG-UPGRADE(8) System Manager's Manual PKG-UPGRADE(8) NAME pkg upgrade -- perform upgrades of package software distributions SYNOPSIS pkg upgrade [-fInFqUy] [-r reponame ...] [-Cgix] [<pkg-origin|pkg-name|pkg-name-version> ...] pkg upgrade [--{force,no-scripts,dry-run,fetch-only,autoremove}] [--{quiet,no-repo-update,yes}] [--repository reponame ...] [--{case-sensitive,glob,case-insensitive,regex}] [<pkg-origin|pkg-name|pkg-name-version> ...] DESCRIPTION pkg upgrade is used for upgrading packaged software distributions. pkg upgrade compares the versions of all or specific packages installed on the system to what is available in the configured package reposito- ries. Any out of date packages are added to a work list for process- ing. The difference to pkg-install(8) is that pkg upgrade tries to up- grade dependencies of packages matched as well while pkg-install(8) is more conservative during dependencies upgrade. Moreover, pkg upgrade will not install new packages, except as required to fulfil dependen- cies of the packages listed on the command line. A caller should en- sure that patterns specified as arguments have installed candidates for matching. If the -f (force) flag is given, all installed packages are added to the work list. The package metadata downloaded from the repositories is then examined for each of the packages in the work list, and any missing dependencies are added to the work list as install jobs. Such implicitly added packages are flagged as candidates for autoremoval. See pkg-autoremove(8) for details. Autoremoval flags are sticky, and will persist over reinstallation or upgrade of the packages concerned, even if subsequently the packages are named explicitly on a command line. See pkg-query(8) for finding the autoremoval status of a package, and pkg-set(8) for modifying it. Where a package on the work list supplies a shared library, and that library has been updated, all packages requiring that shared library will also be added to the work list as reinstallation jobs. The work list is sorted into dependency order and pkg upgrade will present it to the user for approval before proceeding, unless overrid- den 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 upgrade 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). Finally, the work list is executed in dependency order. Package rein- stall or update jobs are processed by removing the currently installed package and immediately installing the replacement. New dependencies are processed as installation jobs as part of the work list. OPTIONS The following options are supported by pkg upgrade: -C, --case-sensitive Make the standard or the regular expression (-x) matching against pkg-name case sensitive. -F, --fetch-only Do not perform installation of packages, merely fetch pack- ages that should be upgraded and detect possible conflicts. -f, --force Force the reinstallation or upgrade of the whole set of packages. To reinstall a single specific package, prefer using pkg install -f instead. See pkg-install(8). -g, --glob Treat the package names as shell glob patterns. -I, --no-scripts If any installation scripts (pre-install or post-install) or deinstallation scripts (pre-deinstall or post-deinstall) exist for a given package, do not execute them. -i, --case-insensitive Make the standard or the regular expression (-x) matching against pkg-name case insensitive. This is the default, unless modified by setting CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH to true in pkg.conf. -n, --dry-run Dry-run mode: show what packages have updates available, but do not perform any upgrades. Repository catalogues will be updated as usual unless the -U option is also given. -q, --quiet Force quiet output, except when -n is used, where a summary of the work list is always displayed. -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 catalogue updates are only attempted when the effective UID of the process has write access to the package database. Otherwise they are silently ignored. -v, --vulnerable Upgrade packages which are known to be vulnerable. See pkg-audit(8) for more details. -x, --regex Treat the package names as regular expressions according to the "modern" or "extended" syntax of re_format(7). -y, --yes Assume yes when asked for confirmation before package in- stallation. --autoremove After upgrading the requested packages, automatically re- move any orphaned packages that were installed as dependen- cies and are no longer required. This is equivalent to running pkg-autoremove(8) after the upgrade. Can also be enabled permanently via the AUTOREMOVE option in pkg.conf(5). --script-no-exec Do not execute the pre-install, post-install, pre-dein- stall, or post-deinstall scripts but still log the scripts in the package database for future reference. Unlike -I, which prevents scripts from both running and being recorded, --script-no-exec only suppresses execution. ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg upgrade. See pkg.conf(5) for further description. DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES 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-install(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-version(8), pkg-which(8) FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly July 7, 2024 PKG-UPGRADE(8)
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