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Jordan K. Hubbard


@(#)pkg_info.1

pkg_info - a utility for getting information on software package distributions. pkg_info [options] "pkg-file|pkg-name [.. pkg-file|pkg-name]" The pkg_info command is used to dump out information for packages, either packed up in files or already installed on the system with the pkg_create command.

The following command line options are supported.

-a Show all currently installed packages.

-v Turns on verbose output.

-p Show the installation prefix for each package.

-c Show the comment (one liner) field for each package.

-d Show the long description field for each package.

-i Show the install script (if any) for each package.

-k Show the de-install script (if any) for each package.

-r Show the requirements script (if any) for each package.

Package info is either extracted from files supplied on the command line, or from already installed package information in /var/db/pkg/<pkg-name>. Sure to be some. pkg_add "(" 1 ")," pkg_create "(" 1 ")," pkg_delete "(" 1 ")," Jordan Hubbard