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PKG-HELP(8) System Manager's Manual PKG-HELP(8) NAME pkg help -- display usage information for pkg commands SYNOPSIS pkg help command DESCRIPTION pkg help is used to display the manual page for a pkg(8) command. When in- voked with a valid command name, pkg help opens the corresponding manual page using man(1). If the specified command is an alias defined in pkg.conf(5), pkg help dis- plays the alias expansion instead. When invoked without arguments, pkg help displays a brief usage summary of all available pkg(8) commands. EXAMPLES Display the manual page for the install command: $ pkg help install Display the manual page for pkg.conf(5): $ pkg help pkg.conf Display all available commands: $ pkg help 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-info(8), pkg-install(8), pkg-key(8), pkg-lock(8), pkg-plug- ins(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-repositories(8), pkg-rquery(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 March 2, 2026 PKG-HELP(8)
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