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pkg-delete.8
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 17  .Dd April 8, 2021
 18  .Dt PKG-DELETE 8
 19  .Os
 20  .Sh NAME
 21  .Nm "pkg delete"
 22  .Nd deletes packages from the database and the system
 23  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 24  .Nm
 25  .Op Fl DfnqRy
 26  .Op Fl Cgix
 27  .Ar pkg-name ...
 28  .Nm
 29  .Op Fl Dnqy
 30  .Fl a
 31  .Pp
 32  .Nm
 33  .Op Cm --{no-scripts,force,dry-run,quiet,recursive,yes,autoremove}
 34  .Op Cm --{case-sensitive,glob,case-insensitive,regex}
 35  .Ar pkg-name ...
 36  .Nm
 37  .Op Cm --{no-scripts,dry-run,quiet,yes,autoremove}
 38  .Cm --all
 39  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 40  .Nm
 41  is used for deleting installed packages from the system.
 42  .Nm
 43  creates a work-list of all the installed packages matching the package
 44  names on the command line.
 45  The list is presented to the user.
 46  If the user confirms that they do want to remove those packages, or
 47  if the
 48  .Cm ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES
 49  configuration option is set,
 50  .Nm
 51  proceeds to remove the listed packages.
 52  .Pp
 53  If the set of packages to be deleted would leave installed packages
 54  with unfulfilled dependencies,
 55  .Nm
 56  will add the packages with unfulfilled dependencies to the list of
 57  packages to be deleted, unless forced to proceed without deleting any
 58  other packages by the
 59  .Fl f
 60  option.
 61  .Pp
 62  .Nm
 63  avoids deleting itself unless named specifically on the command line.
 64  So, for instance,
 65  .Nm Fl a
 66  will delete all packages except for the
 67  .Xr pkg 8
 68  package.
 69  To force all packages to be removed without exception, use
 70  .Nm Fl fa .
 71  .Sh OPTIONS
 72  The following options are supported by
 73  .Nm :
 74  .Bl -tag -width recursive
 75  .It Fl a , Cm --all
 76  Deletes all installed packages except for
 77  .Xr pkg 8
 78  from the system and cleans the database of information related to removed
 79  packages.
 80  .It Fl C , Cm --case-sensitive
 81  Make the standard or regular expression
 82  .Fl ( x )
 83  matching against
 84  .Ar pkg-name
 85  case sensitive.
 86  .It Fl D , Cm --no-scripts
 87  If a deinstallation script exists for a given package, do not execute it.
 88  .It Fl f , Cm --force
 89  Forces packages to be removed despite leaving unresolved dependencies.
 90  In combination with the
 91  .Fl a
 92  or
 93  .Fl -all
 94  flag, causes
 95  .Xr pkg 8
 96  to be removed as well as all other packages.
 97  .It Fl g , Cm --glob
 98  Treat the package names as shell glob patterns.
 99  .It Fl i , Cm --case-insensitive
100  Make the standard or regular expression
101  .Fl ( x )
102  matching against
103  .Ar pkg-name
104  case insensitive.
105  This is the default, unless modified by setting
106  .Ev CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH
107  to true in
108  .Pa pkg.conf .
109  .It Fl n , Cm --dry-run
110  Dry run mode.
111  The list of packages to delete is always printed, but no packages are
112  actually deleted.
113  .It Fl q , Cm --quiet
114  Force quiet output, except where
115  .Fl n
116  is also used, when
117  .Nm
118  will show the list of packages to be deleted.
119  .It Fl R , Cm --recursive
120  Delete all packages that require the listed packages as well.
121  .It Fl x , Cm --regex
122  Treat the package names as regular expressions according to the
123  "modern" or "extended" syntax of
124  .Xr re_format 7 .
125  .It Fl y , Cm --yes
126  Assume yes when asked for confirmation before package deletion.
127  .It Cm --autoremove
128  After deleting the requested packages, automatically remove any orphaned
129  packages that were installed as dependencies and are no longer required.
130  This is equivalent to running
131  .Xr pkg-autoremove 8
132  after the deletion.
133  Can also be enabled permanently via the
134  .Cm AUTOREMOVE
135  option in
136  .Xr pkg.conf 5 .
137  .It Cm --script-no-exec
138  Do not execute the pre-deinstall and post-deinstall scripts but still log
139  the scripts in the package database for future reference.
140  Unlike
141  .Fl D ,
142  which prevents scripts from both running and being recorded,
143  .Cm --script-no-exec
144  only suppresses execution.
145  .El
146  .Sh ENVIRONMENT
147  The following environment variables affect the execution of
148  .Nm .
149  See
150  .Xr pkg.conf 5
151  for further description.
152  .Bl -tag -width ".Ev NO_DESCRIPTIONS"
153  .It Ev DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES
154  .It Ev ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES
155  .It Ev HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS
156  .It Ev PKG_DBDIR
157  .It Ev CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH
158  .El
159  .Sh FILES
160  See
161  .Xr pkg.conf 5 .
162  .Sh SEE ALSO
163  .Xr pkg_create 3 ,
164  .Xr pkg_printf 3 ,
165  .Xr pkg_repo_create 3 ,
166  .Xr pkg_repos 3 ,
167  .Xr pkg-keywords 5 ,
168  .Xr pkg-lua-script 5 ,
169  .Xr pkg-repository 5 ,
170  .Xr pkg-script 5 ,
171  .Xr pkg-triggers 5 ,
172  .Xr pkg.conf 5 ,
173  .Xr pkg 8 ,
174  .Xr pkg-add 8 ,
175  .Xr pkg-alias 8 ,
176  .Xr pkg-annotate 8 ,
177  .Xr pkg-audit 8 ,
178  .Xr pkg-autoremove 8 ,
179  .Xr pkg-check 8 ,
180  .Xr pkg-clean 8 ,
181  .Xr pkg-config 8 ,
182  .Xr pkg-create 8 ,
183  .Xr pkg-fetch 8 ,
184  .Xr pkg-help 8 ,
185  .Xr pkg-info 8 ,
186  .Xr pkg-install 8 ,
187  .Xr pkg-key 8 ,
188  .Xr pkg-lock 8 ,
189  .Xr pkg-plugins 8 ,
190  .Xr pkg-query 8 ,
191  .Xr pkg-register 8 ,
192  .Xr pkg-repo 8 ,
193  .Xr pkg-repositories 8 ,
194  .Xr pkg-rquery 8 ,
195  .Xr pkg-search 8 ,
196  .Xr pkg-set 8 ,
197  .Xr pkg-shell 8 ,
198  .Xr pkg-shlib 8 ,
199  .Xr pkg-ssh 8 ,
200  .Xr pkg-stats 8 ,
201  .Xr pkg-triggers 8 ,
202  .Xr pkg-unregister 8 ,
203  .Xr pkg-update 8 ,
204  .Xr pkg-updating 8 ,
205  .Xr pkg-upgrade 8 ,
206  .Xr pkg-version 8 ,
207  .Xr pkg-which 8