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PKG-AUTOREMOVE(8)	     System Manager's Manual	       PKG-AUTOREMOVE(8)

NAME
     pkg autoremove -- removes orphan packages

SYNOPSIS
     pkg autoremove [-Dnqy]

     pkg autoremove [--{dry-run,no-scripts,quiet,yes}]

DESCRIPTION
     pkg  autoremove  is used for removing orphan packages, which were installed
     during dependency resolution and are no longer needed.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported by pkg autoremove:

     -n, --dry-run
	      Dry-run mode.  The list of changes to packages is always	printed,
	      but no changes are actually made.

     -D, --no-scripts
	      If a deinstallation script exists for a given package, do not exe-
	      cute it.

     -q, --quiet
	      Force quiet output.

     -y, --yes
	      Assume yes when asked for confirmation before package autoremoval.

ENVIRONMENT
     The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg autoremove.
     See pkg.conf(5) for further description.

     DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES

     ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES

     HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS

     PKG_DBDIR

FILES
     See pkg.conf(5).

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-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-upgrade(8),	pkg-ver-
     sion(8), pkg-which(8)

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	   May 3, 2021		       PKG-AUTOREMOVE(8)

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