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PKG-DELETE(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual PKG-DELETE(8) NAME pkg delete -- deletes packages from the database and the system SYNOPSIS pkg delete [-DfnqRy] [-Cgix] pkg-name ... pkg delete [-Dnqy] -a pkg delete [--{no-scripts,force,dry-run,quiet,recursive,yes}] [--{case-sensitive,glob,case-insensitive,regex}] pkg-name ... pkg delete [--{no-scripts,dry-run,quiet,yes}] --all DESCRIPTION pkg delete is used for deleting installed packages from the system. pkg delete 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, or if the ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES configuration option is set, pkg delete proceeds to remove the listed packages. If the set of packages to be deleted would leave installed packages with unfulfilled dependencies, pkg delete will add the packages with unful- filled dependencies to the list of packages to be deleted, unless forced to proceed without deleting any other packages by the -f option. pkg delete avoids deleting itself unless named specifically on the com- mand line. So, for instance, pkg delete -a will delete all packages ex- cept for the pkg(8) package. To force all packages to be removed without exception, use pkg delete -fa. OPTIONS The following options are supported by pkg delete: -a, --all Deletes all installed packages except for pkg(8) from the sys- tem 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. -D, --no-scripts If a deinstallation script exists for a given package, do not execute it. -f, --force Forces packages to be removed despite leaving unresolved de- pendencies. 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, unless modi- fied 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 delete 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 delete. 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_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-backup(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8), pkg-create(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8), pkg-lock(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(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 13.0 April 8, 2021 FreeBSD 13.0
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