Command-Line Package Manager

The pkg program can be used to download, install, remove and search for packages from the command line.

Usage	Description
`pkg history` package_names...	List version history of packages
`pkg install` package_names...	Download and install packages
`pkg install -manual` package_files...	Manually install package files
`pkg list`	List all available packages
`pkg list` -installed	List installed packages
`pkg list` -installed-names	List installed package names
`pkg list` -dependencies package_names...	List package dependencies
`pkg list` -dependents package_names...	List dependent packages
`pkg remove` package_names...	Remove packages
`pkg remove` -all	Remove all packages
`pkg search` keywords...	Search for packages
`pkg update`	Update list of available packages
`pkg upgrade`	Upgrade all installed packages
`pkg upgrade` package_names...	Upgrade selected packages

Option	Description
`-D` macro=value	Set a global macro
`-keepgoing`	Continue when errors occur
`-legacy`	Include legacy packages
`-nodelete`	Don't delete downloaded packages after installation
`-noverify`	Don't verify downloaded packages
`-outputformat` string	Specify list/search output format string
`-packagesdir` directory	Set the packages directory to be directory
`-packagesurl` url	Set the URL of the packages website to be url
`-quiet`	Do not output any progress messages
`-rootuserdir` directory	Set the root user data directory to directory
`-verbose`	Produce verbose output
`-yes`	Answer yes to all questions without prompting

Macro	Description
`$(Description)`	Package description
`$(Name)`	Package name
`$(Title)`	Package title
`$(Version)`	Package version

Before you can download, install or search for packages you must first update the local list of available packages:

$ pkg update

The search command can be used to search for a specific package:

$ pkg search libcxx
libcxx_arm - ARM libcxx Library Package (1.1)

The install command can be used to install a package:

$ pkg install libcxx_arm

The list command can be used to list installed packages:

$ pkg list -installed
libcxx_arm - ARM libcxx Library Package (1.1)

The history command can be used to show package history:

$ pkg history libcxx_arm
libcxx_arm - libcxx Library Package [ARM]

  1.1 (Installed)
    - Fixed name of Type Interpretation File.

  1.0
    - Initial release.

Specific versions of a package can be installed:

$ pkg install libcxx_arm:1.0

The upgrade command can be used to upgrade to the latest version of a package:

$ pkg upgrade libcxx_arm

The remove command can be used to uninstall a package:

$ pkg remove libcxx_arm