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PKG-UNREGISTER(8) System Manager's Manual PKG-UNREGISTER(8) NAME pkg unregister -- deletes package records from the database SYNOPSIS pkg unregister [-fnqRy] [-Cgix] pkg-name ... pkg unregister [-nqy] -a pkg unregister [--{force,dry-run,quiet,recursive,yes}] [--{case-sensitive,glob,case-insensitive,regex}] pkg-name ... pkg unregister [--{dry-run,quiet,yes}] --all DESCRIPTION pkg unregister is used for deleting installed packages from the data- base. pkg unregister creates a work-list of all the installed packages matching the package names on the command line. The list is presented to the user. If the user confirms that they do want to remove those packages from the db, or if the ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES configuration option is set, pkg unregister proceeds to remove from the db the listed pack- ages. If the set of packages to be unregistered would leave installed pack- ages with unfulfilled dependencies, pkg unregister will add the pack- ages with unfulfilled dependencies to the list of packages to be unreg- istered, unless forced to proceed without unregistering any other pack- ages by the -f option. pkg unregister avoids deleting itself unless named specifically on the command line. So, for instance, pkg unregister -a will unregister all packages from the db except for the pkg(8) package. To force all pack- ages to be unregistered from the db without exception, use pkg unregister -fa. OPTIONS The following options are supported by pkg unregister: -a, --all Deletes all installed packages from the db except for pkg(8) and cleans the database of information related to removed packages. -C, --case-sensitive Make the standard or regular expression (-x) matching against pkg-name case sensitive. -f, --force Forces packages to be removed from the db despite leaving unresolved dependencies. In combination with the -a or --all flag, causes pkg(8) to be removed as well as all other packages. -g, --glob Treat the package names as shell glob patterns. -i, --case-insensitive Make the standard or 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. -n, --dry-run Dry run mode. The list of packages to delete is always printed, but no packages are actually deleted. -q, --quiet Force quiet output, except where -n is also used, when pkg unregister will show the list of packages to be deleted. -R, --recursive Delete all packages that require the listed packages as well. -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 dele- tion. ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg unregister. See pkg.conf(5) for further description. DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS PKG_DBDIR CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH 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-update(8), pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8) FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly December 13, 2025 PKG-UNREGISTER(8)
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