pkg-unregister(8) manual page – pkg version 2.5.1, FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p3

pkg-unregister.8.txt

PKG-UNREGISTER(8)        FreeBSD System Manager's Manual        PKG-UNREGISTER(8)

NAME
     pkg unregister – deletes package records from the database

SYNOPSIS
     pkg unregister [-fnqRy] [-Cgix] pkg-name ...
     pkg unregister [-Dnqy] -a

     pkg unregister [--{force,dry-run,quiet,recursive,yes}]
                    [--{case-sensitive,glob,case-insensitive,regex}] pkg-name ...
     pkg unregister [--{dry-run,quiet,yes}] --all

DESCRIPTION
     pkg unregister is used for deleting installed packages from the database.
     pkg unregister creates a work-list of all the installed packages matching
     the package names on the command line.  The list is presented to the user.
     If the user confirms that they do want to remove those packages from the db,
     or if the ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES configuration option is set, pkg unregister
     proceeds to remove from the db the listed packages.

     If the set of packages to be unregistered would leave installed packages
     with unfulfilled dependencies, pkg unregister will add the packages with
     unfulfilled dependencies to the list of packages to be unregistered, unless
     forced to proceed without unregistering any other packages by the -f option.

     pkg unregister avoids deleting itself unless named specifically on the
     command line.  So, for instance, pkg unregister -a will unregister all
     packages from the db except for the pkg(8) package.  To force all packages
     to be unregistered from the db without exception, use pkg unregister -fa.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported by pkg unregister:

     -a, --all  Deletes all installed packages from the db except for pkg(8) and
                cleans the database of information related to removed packages.

     -C, --case-sensitive
                Make the standard or regular expression (-x) matching against
                pkg-name case sensitive.

     -D, --no-scripts
                If a deinstallation script exists for a given package, do not
                execute it.

     -f, --force
                Forces packages to be removed from the db despite leaving
                unresolved dependencies.  In combination with the -a or --all
                flag, causes pkg(8) to be removed as well as all other packages.

     -g, --glob
                Treat the package names as shell glob patterns.

     -i, --case-insensitive
                Make the standard or regular expression (-x) matching against
                pkg-name case insensitive.  This is the default, unless modified
                by setting CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH to true in pkg.conf.

     -n, --dry-run
                Dry run mode.  The list of packages to delete is always printed,
                but no packages are actually deleted.

     -q, --quiet
                Force quiet output, except where -n is also used, when pkg
                unregister will show the list of packages to be deleted.

     -R, --recursive
                Delete all packages that require the listed packages as well.

     -x, --regex
                Treat the package names as regular expressions according to the
                "modern" or "extended" syntax of re_format(7).

     -y, --yes  Assume yes when asked for confirmation before package deletion.

ENVIRONMENT
     The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg unregister.
     See pkg.conf(5) for further description.

     DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES

     ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES

     HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS

     PKG_DBDIR

     CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH

FILES
     See pkg.conf(5).

SEE ALSO
     pkg_create(3), pkg_delete(3), pkg_printf(3), pkg_repo_create(3),
     pkg_repos(3), pkg-keywords(5), pkg-lua-script(5), pkg-repository(5),
     pkg-script(5), pkg-triggers(5), pkg.conf(5), pkg(8), pkg-add(8),
     pkg-alias(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-audit(8), pkg-autoremove(8),
     pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8), pkg-create(8), pkg-fetch(8),
     pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8), pkg-key(8), pkg-lock(8), pkg-query(8),
     pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-repositories(8), pkg-rquery(8),
     pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-ssh(8),
     pkg-stats(8), pkg-triggers(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-updating(8),
     pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8)

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p3         December 13, 2025               PKG-UNREGISTER(8)

Source: https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/blob/main/docs/pkg-unregister.8

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