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PKG-RQUERY(8) System Manager's Manual PKG-RQUERY(8) NAME pkg rquery -- query information from remote repositories SYNOPSIS pkg rquery -I|query-format pkg-name pkg rquery [-aU] [-r reponame ...] -I|query-format pkg rquery [-U] [-Cgix] [-e evaluation-condition] [-r reponame ...] -I|query-format pattern ... DESCRIPTION pkg rquery is used for displaying information about remote packages. Package repository catalogues will be automatically updated whenever pkg rquery is run by a user ID with write access to the package database, un- less disabled by the -U flag or setting REPO_AUTOUPDATE to "NO" in pkg.conf(5). OPTIONS The following options are supported by pkg rquery: -a, --all Match all packages from the database. -C, --case-sensitive Make the standard or the regular expression (-x) matching against pkg-name in pattern case sensitive. This is the default, unless modified by setting CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH to "false" in pkg.conf. -e evaluation-condition, --evaluate evaluation-condition Match packages using the given evaluation-condition. See "EVALUATION FORMAT" for details. -I, --index-line Print out the corresponding line from the ports INDEX file for each matched package. This option is a shorthand query-format argument. Only the first query format (including the -I option) on the com- mand line will be interpreted. -r reponame, --repository reponame Query for data about packages from only the named repository. This option can be specified multiple times to use several repositories. Data will be queried from the named repositories only, irrespective of the configured "enabled" status from repo.conf. By default, catalogues for all enabled repositories are queried. -g, --glob Treat pattern as a glob pattern. -i, --case-insensitive Make the standard or regular expression (-x) matching against pkg-name in pattern case insensitive. -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 ac- cess to the package database. Otherwise they are silently ignored. -x, --regex Treat pattern as a regular expression according to the "modern" or "extended" syntax of re_format(7). QUERY FORMAT There are two types of keywords for the query format: the multiline and the normal one. Only one type of multiline pattern is accepted for a given query. Normal patterns: %R Name of the repository the package is in %n Name of the matched package %v Version of the matched package %o Origin of the matched package %p Prefix of the matched package %m Maintainer of the matched package %c Comment of the matched package %e Description of the matched package %w Home page of the matched package %q Architecture of the matched package %l License logic of the matched package One of the following will be printed: "single" if the package is distributed under one license "and" if the package is multi-licensed "or" if the package is dual-licensed %s[bh] The flat size of the matched package, where b is in bytes, and h is in human readable format %?[drCOLBbA] Returns 0 if the list is empty and 1 if the list has information to display d for dependencies r for reverse dependencies C for categories O for options L for licenses B for required shared libraries b for provided shared libraries A for annotations %#[drCOLBbA] Returns the number of elements in the list d for dependencies r for reverse dependencies C for categories O for options L for licenses B for required shared libraries b for provided shared libraries A for annotations Multiline patterns: %d[nov] Expands to the list of dependencies for the matched package, where n stands for the package name, o for the package origin, and v for the package version. %r[nov] Expands to the list of reverse dependencies for the matched pack- age, where n stands for the package name, o for the package origin, and v for the package version. %C Expands to the list of categories the matched package belongs to. %O[kv] Expands to the list of options of the matched package, where k stands for option key and v for option value. %L Expands to the list of license(s) for the matched package. %B Expands to the list of shared libraries used by programs from the matched package. %b Expands to the list of shared libraries provided by the matched package. %A[tv] Expands to the list of annotations associated with the matched package, where t stands for the annotation tag, and v stands for the annotation value. Inline iteration with %{...%} When the format string contains a %{...%} construct, the entire format is interpreted using pkg_printf(3) format codes. This allows multiline items to be joined on a single line. See pkg-query(8) for full details and exam- ples. EVALUATION FORMAT Variables %n Name of the package (type string) %o Origin of the package (type string) %p Prefix of the package (type string) %m Maintainer of the package (type string) %c Comment of the package (type string) %e Description of the package (type string) %w WWW address of the package (type string) %s Flatsize of the package (type integer) %a Automatic status of the package (type integer) %q Architecture of the package (type string) %#[drCOLBbA] Number of elements in the list of information (type integer). See %? above for what information is used. Operators var ~ glob The string value of var matches the given glob pattern. var !~ glob The string value of var does not match the given glob pattern. var >[=] num The numerical value of var is greater than [or equal to] the given number. var <[=] num The numerical value of var is less than [or equal to] the given number. var =[=] [num | string] The value of var is equal to the given number or string. var =~ [num | string] The value of var is equal (case insensitive) to the given number or string. var != [num | string] The value of var is not equal to the given number or string. var !=~ [num | string] The value of var is not equal case insensitive to the given number or string. ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg rquery. See pkg.conf(5) for further description. PKG_DBDIR CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH FILES See pkg.conf(5). EXIT STATUS The pkg rquery utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. EXAMPLES See pkg-query(8) for example usage. SEE ALSO pkg_checksum(3), pkg_create(3), pkg_printf(3), pkg_repo_create(3), pkg_re- pos(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-check- sum(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-rwhich(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 April 17, 2026 PKG-RQUERY(8)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | QUERY FORMAT | EVALUATION FORMAT | ENVIRONMENT | FILES | EXIT STATUS | EXAMPLES | SEE ALSO
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