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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
unfulfilled 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
command line. So, for instance, pkg delete -a will delete all packages
except 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
system 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
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, unless
modified by setting CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH to true in pkg.conf.
-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
deletion.
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-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 14.0-RELEASE-p11 April 8, 2021 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11