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PKG-AUTOREMOVE(8) FreeBSD 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 execute 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_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-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8), pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(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 14.0-RELEASE-p11 May 3, 2021 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11