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PKG-SET(8) System Manager's Manual PKG-SET(8) NAME pkg set -- modify information in the installed database SYNOPSIS pkg set [-a] [-A 0|1] [-n oldname:newname] [-o oldorigin:neworigin] [-p] [-v 0|1] [-y] [-Cgix] pkg-name pkg set [--all] [--automatic 0|1] [--change-name oldname:newname] [--change-origin oldorigin:neworigin] [--partial] [--yes] [-v 0|1] [--{case-sensitive,glob,case-insensitive,regex}] pkg-name DESCRIPTION pkg set is used to modify information concerning installed packages. pkg set should always be used with caution. OPTIONS The following options are supported by pkg set: -A 0|1, --automatic 0|1 Set automatic flag for the package: 0 is not automatic, 1 is au- tomatic. This affects the operation of pkg-autoremove(8). -a, --all Match all installed packages. -C, --case-sensitive Make the standard or the regular expression (-x) matching against pkg-name case sensitive. -g, --glob Match pkg-name as a globbing expression. -i, --case-insensitive Make the standard or 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 oldname:newname, --change-name oldname:newname Change the package name of a given dependency from oldname to newname. -o oldorigin:neworigin, --change-origin oldorigin:neworigin Change the port origin of a given dependency from oldorigin to neworigin. This corresponds to the port directory that the package originated from. Typically, this is only needed for up- grading a library or package that has MOVED or when the default version of a major port dependency changes. (DEPRECATED) Usually this will be explained in /usr/ports/UPDATING. Also see pkg-up- dating(8) and "EXAMPLES". -p, --partial Turn the -o or --n options from exact match renames into sub- string search in replace in all installed packages. -x, --regex Match pkg-name as a regular expression according to the "modern" or "extended" syntax of re_format(7). -v 0|1, --vital 0|1 Set or unset the "vital" flag on the target package(s). Set to 0 to disable the "vital" flag, and 1 to enable it. -y, --yes Assume yes rather than asking for confirmation before modifying package information. If neither the -g nor -x options are used, the default is to match pkg-name exactly. FILES See pkg.conf(5). EXAMPLES Change a package from automatic to non-automatic, which will prevent autoremove from removing it: % pkg set -A 0 perl-5.14 Change a package from non-automatic to automatic, which will make autoremove allow it be removed once nothing depends on it: % pkg set -A 1 perl-5.14 Rename all the php83- packages into php84- packages in order to prepare for an upgrade % pkg set -p -n php83:php84 ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg set. See pkg.conf(5) for further description. CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH SEE ALSO pkg_create(3), pkg_printf(3), pkg_repo_create(3), pkg_repos(3), pkg-key- words(5), pkg-lua-script(5), pkg-repository(5), pkg-script(5), pkg-trig- gers(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-reg- ister(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-repositories(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-search(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-ver- sion(8), pkg-which(8) FreeBSD ports 15.1 August 27, 2025 PKG-SET(8)
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