PKG-INSTALL(8) BSD System Manager's Manual PKG-INSTALL(8)NAME
pkg install — install packages from remote package repositories or local
archives
SYNOPSIS
pkg install [-AfIMnFqRUy] [-r reponame] [-Cgix]
<pkg-origin|pkg-name|pkg-name-version> ...
pkg install [--{automatic,force,no-install-scripts,ignore-missing}]
[--{dry-run,fetch-only,quiet,from-root,no-repo-update,yes}]
[--repository reponame]
[--{case-sensitive,glob,case-insensitive,regex}]
<pkg-origin|pkg-name|pkg-name-version> ...
DESCRIPTION
pkg install is used for installation of packages from package reposito‐
ries or local archives. Multiple package names can be specified on the
command line, either explicitly or by matching against package names (or
origins) in the repository catalogues using shell globbing or regular
expressions.
pkg install first updates any out of date repository catalogues, unless
REPO_AUTOUPDATE has been set to NO in pkg.conf.
It then creates a work-list of all the package installations to do. Any
already installed and up-to-date packages will be dropped from the list
unless the -f (force) option is supplied, in which case those packages
will be reinstalled.
The dependencies of packages in the list are examined and any missing
packages are added to the list for installation. Such implicitly added
packages are flagged as candidates for autoremoval. See
pkg-autoremove(8) for details.
Autoremoval flags are sticky, and will persist over reinstallation or
upgrade of the packages concerned, even if subsequently the packages are
named explicitly on a command line. See pkg-query(8) for finding the
autoremoval status of a package, and pkg-set(8) for modifying it.
Any already installed but out of date packages, either named on the com‐
mand line or from the sum of all their dependencies are added to the work
list as upgrade jobs. The work list is sorted into dependency order and
pkg install will present it to the user for approval before proceeding,
unless overridden by the -y option or the ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES setting in
pkg.conf.
Packages are fetched from the repositories into the local package cache
if they are not already present, or if the checksum of the cached package
file differs from the one in the repository. Packages may be downloaded
from any of the repositories mentioned in pkg.conf(5) or in the files in
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repo. See pkg-repository(5) for details.
Package repository catalogues will be automatically updated whenever pkg
install is run by a user ID with write access to the package database,
unless disabled by the -U flag or setting REPO_AUTOUPDATE to NO in
pkg.conf(5).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported by pkg install:
-A, --automatic
Mark the installed packages as automatic. Will be automati‐
cally removed if no other packages depend on them. For more
information please refer to pkg-autoremove(8).
-C, --case-sensitive
Make the standard or the regular expression (-x) matching
against pkg-name case sensitive.
-f, --force
Force the reinstallation of the package if already installed.
-g, --glob
Treat the package names as shell glob patterns.
-I, --no-install-scripts
If any installation scripts (pre-install or post-install)
exist for a given package, do not execute them. When a pack‐
age is updated, deinstallation scripts (pre-deinstall or post-
deinstall) are not run either.
-i, --case-sensitive
Make the standard or the 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.
-M, --ignore-missing
Force the installation of the package with missing dependen‐
cies.
-n, --dry-run
Dry-run mode. The list of changes to packages is always
printed, but no changes are actually made.
-F, --fetch-only
Do not perform actual installation of packages, merely fetch
packages that should be upgraded and detect possible con‐
flicts.
-q, --quiet
Force quiet output, except when -n is used, where pkg install
will always show packages to be installed, upgraded or
deleted.
-R, --from-root
When used with -f, reinstalls any packages that require the
given package.
-r reponame, --repository reponame
Install packages from only the named repository, irrespective
of the configured “active” status from repo.conf.
-U, --no-repo-update
Suppress the automatic update of the local copy of the reposi‐
tory catalogue from remote. Automatic repository catalogue
updates are only attempted when the effective UID of the
process has write access to the package database. Otherwise
they are silently ignored.
-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 instal‐
lation.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg install.
See pkg.conf(5) for further description.
DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES
ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES
CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH
HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS
PKG_CACHEDIR
PKG_DBDIR
REPO_AUTOUPDATE
FILES
See pkg.conf(5).
SEE ALSOpkg_printf(3), pkg_repos(3), pkg-repository(5), pkg.conf(5), pkg(8),
pkg-add(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-audit(8), pkg-autoremove(8),
pkg-backup(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8), pkg-convert(8),
pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(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-update(8), pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8),
pkg-which(8)BSD October 30, 2014 BSD
