pkgng - Package manager for FreeBSD >= 9.0

Author:bleader

Synopsis

New in version 1.2.

Manage binary packages for FreeBSD using ‘pkgng’ which is available in versions after 9.0.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
cached no
  • yes
  • no
use local package base or try to fetch an updated one
name yes
    name of package to install/remove
    pkgsite no
      specify packagesite to use for downloading packages, if not specified, use settings from /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf
      state no present
      • present
      • absent
      state of the package

      Examples


      # Install package foo
      - pkgng: name=foo state=present
      
      # Remove packages foo and bar
      - pkgng: name=foo,bar state=absent
      

      Note

      When using pkgsite, be careful that already in cache packages won’t be downloaded again.

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