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.\" Jordan K. Hubbard
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.\"     @(#)pkg_info.1
.\"
.TH pkg_info 1 "July 18, 1993" "" "FreeBSD"

.SH NAME
pkg_info - a utility for getting information on software package distributions.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.na
.B pkg_info
.RB [options]
.RB "pkg-file|pkg-name\ [.. pkg-file|pkg-name]"

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B pkg_info
command is used to dump out information for packages, either packed up in
files or already installed on the system
with the
.B pkg_create
command.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
The following command line options are supported.
.TP
.B \-a
Show all currently installed packages.
.TP
.B \-v
Turns on verbose output.
.TP
.B \-p
Show the installation prefix for each package.
.TP
.B \-c
Show the comment (one liner) field for each package.
.TP
.B \-d
Show the long description field for each package.
.TP
.B \-i
Show the install script (if any) for each package.
.TP
.B \-k
Show the de-install script (if any) for each package.
.TP
.B \-r
Show the requirements script (if any) for each package.
.PP
.SH "TECHNICAL DETAILS"
Package info is either extracted from files supplied on the
command line, or from already installed package information
in /var/db/pkg/<pkg-name>.
.SH BUGS
Sure to be some.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR pkg_add "(" 1 "),"
.BR pkg_create "(" 1 "),"
.BR pkg_delete "(" 1 "),"
.SH AUTHORS
Jordan Hubbard