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 17  .Dd May 3, 2021
 18  .Dt PKG-AUTOREMOVE 8
 19  .Os
 20  .Sh NAME
 21  .Nm "pkg autoremove"
 22  .Nd removes orphan packages
 23  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 24  .Nm
 25  .Op Fl Dnqy
 26  .Pp
 27  .Nm
 28  .Op Cm --{dry-run,no-scripts,quiet,yes}
 29  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 30  .Nm
 31  is used for removing orphan packages, which were installed
 32  during dependency resolution and are no longer needed.
 33  .Sh OPTIONS
 34  The following options are supported by
 35  .Nm :
 36  .Bl -tag -width dry-run
 37  .It Fl n , Cm --dry-run
 38  Dry-run mode.
 39  The list of changes to packages is always printed, but
 40  no changes are actually made.
 41  .It Fl D , Cm --no-scripts
 42  If a deinstallation script exists for a given package, do not execute it.
 43  .It Fl q , Cm --quiet
 44  Force quiet output.
 45  .It Fl y , Cm --yes
 46  Assume yes when asked for confirmation before package autoremoval.
 47  .El
 48  .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 49  The following environment variables affect the execution of
 50  .Nm .
 51  See
 52  .Xr pkg.conf 5
 53  for further description.
 54  .Bl -tag -width ".Ev NO_DESCRIPTIONS"
 55  .It Ev DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES
 56  .It Ev ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES
 57  .It Ev HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS
 58  .It Ev PKG_DBDIR
 59  .El
 60  .Sh FILES
 61  See
 62  .Xr pkg.conf 5 .
 63  .Sh SEE ALSO
 64  .Xr pkg_create 3 ,
 65  .Xr pkg_printf 3 ,
 66  .Xr pkg_repo_create 3 ,
 67  .Xr pkg_repos 3 ,
 68  .Xr pkg-keywords 5 ,
 69  .Xr pkg-lua-script 5 ,
 70  .Xr pkg-repository 5 ,
 71  .Xr pkg-script 5 ,
 72  .Xr pkg-triggers 5 ,
 73  .Xr pkg.conf 5 ,
 74  .Xr pkg 8 ,
 75  .Xr pkg-add 8 ,
 76  .Xr pkg-alias 8 ,
 77  .Xr pkg-annotate 8 ,
 78  .Xr pkg-audit 8 ,
 79  .Xr pkg-check 8 ,
 80  .Xr pkg-clean 8 ,
 81  .Xr pkg-config 8 ,
 82  .Xr pkg-create 8 ,
 83  .Xr pkg-delete 8 ,
 84  .Xr pkg-fetch 8 ,
 85  .Xr pkg-help 8 ,
 86  .Xr pkg-info 8 ,
 87  .Xr pkg-install 8 ,
 88  .Xr pkg-key 8 ,
 89  .Xr pkg-lock 8 ,
 90  .Xr pkg-plugins 8 ,
 91  .Xr pkg-query 8 ,
 92  .Xr pkg-register 8 ,
 93  .Xr pkg-repo 8 ,
 94  .Xr pkg-repositories 8 ,
 95  .Xr pkg-rquery 8 ,
 96  .Xr pkg-search 8 ,
 97  .Xr pkg-set 8 ,
 98  .Xr pkg-shell 8 ,
 99  .Xr pkg-shlib 8 ,
100  .Xr pkg-ssh 8 ,
101  .Xr pkg-stats 8 ,
102  .Xr pkg-triggers 8 ,
103  .Xr pkg-unregister 8 ,
104  .Xr pkg-update 8 ,
105  .Xr pkg-updating 8 ,
106  .Xr pkg-upgrade 8 ,
107  .Xr pkg-version 8 ,
108  .Xr pkg-which 8