PKG-VERSION(8) BSD System Manager's Manual PKG-VERSION(8)NAME
pkg version — summarize installed versions of packages
SYNOPSIS
pkg version [-IPR] [-hoqvU] [-l limchar] [-L limchar] [-Cegix pattern]
[-r reponame] [-O origin | -n pkgname] [index]
pkg version -t version1 version2
pkg version -T pkgname pattern
pkg version [--{index,ports,remote}]
[--{help,origin,quiet,verbose,no-repo-update}] [--like limchar]
[--not-like limchar]
[--{case-sensitive,exact,glob,case-insensitive,regex} pattern]
[--repository reponame] [--match-origin origin] [index]
pkg version --test-version version1 version2
pkg version --test-pattern pkgname pattern
DESCRIPTION
pkg version is used for generating a report of packages installed by
pkg(8).
The database of available packages and versions to compare against the
installed packages may be chosen by specifying one of -P, -R or -I or by
by setting VERSION_SOURCE in pkg.conf(5). If not specified then the
ports index file will be used if it exists (-I). Otherwise, should a
ports tree exist that will be used to compare versions (-P). Failing
either of those two choices, the repository catalogue will be used (-R).
When -I is used, versions of installed packages will be compared to the
versions listed in the file argument index, or if that is not given
explicitly, in the default ports index file (typically located as
/usr/dports/INDEX-N, where N is the OS major version number.)
When -R is used, package repository catalogues will be automatically
updated whenever pkg version is run by a user ID with write access to the
package database, unless disabled by the -U flag or setting
REPO_AUTOUPDATE to NO in pkg.conf(5).
When comparing package versions the package name and a comparison charac‐
ter are printed:
= The installed version of the package is current.
< The installed version of the package is older than the current
version.
> The installed version of the package is newer than the current
version. This situation can arise with an out of date index
file, or when testing new ports.
? The installed package does not appear in the index. This could
be due to an out of date index or a package taken from a PR that
has not yet been committed.
! The installed package exists in the index but for some reason,
pkg version was unable to compare the version number of the
installed package with the corresponding entry in the index.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported by pkg version:
-C, --case-sensitive
Make the standard or the regular expression (-x) matching
against pkg-name case sensitive.
-h, --help Displays usage information
-I [index]
--index [index]
Use index file for determining if a package is out of date.
If no index file name is specified, uses the default index
file. This is the default, if the index file exists.
-P, --ports
Use ports for determining if a package is out of date. This
is the default if the index file is not present and a ports
tree exists. The tree used can be overridden by PORTSDIR,
see pkg(5) for more information.
-R, --remote
Use repository catalogue for determining if a package is out
of date. This is the default if neither the ports index nor
the ports tree exists.
-U, --no-repo-update
Suppress the automatic update of the local copy of the repos‐
itory catalogue from remote. This only has any effect in
combination with the -R option. Automatic repository cata‐
logue updates are only attempted when the effective UID of
the process has write access to the package database. Other‐
wise they are silently ignored.
-r reponame, --repository reponame
When using -R compare installed package versions to packages
available from the named repository only, irrespective of the
configured “active” status from repo.conf. By default all
repository catalogues marked “active” are used for version
comparisons. -R
-o, --origin
Display package origin, instead of package name.
-q, --quiet
Be quiet. Less output will be produced.
-v, --verbose
Be verbose.
-l limchar, --like limchar
Display only the packages which status flag matches the one
specified by limchar.
-L limchar, --not-like limchar
Does the opposite of -l flag. Displays the packages which
status flag does not match the one specified by limchar
-i, --case-insensitive
Make the exact (-e) or regular expression (-x) matching
against pattern case insensitive. This is the default,
unless modified by setting CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH to true in
pkg.conf.
-x pattern, --regex pattern
Only display the packages that match the regular expression.
Uses the "modern" or "extended" syntax of re_format(7).
-g pattern, --glob pattern
Only display the packages that match the glob expression.
-e string, --exact string
Only display the packages that exactly match the string.
-O origin, --match-origin origin
Display only the packages which origin matches origin.
-n pkgname, --match-name pkgname
Display only the packages which name matches pkgname.
-t version1 version2, --test-version version1 version2
Test a pair of version number strings and exit. The output
consists of one of the single characters = (equal), < (right-
hand number greater), or > (left-hand number greater) on
standard output. This flag is mostly useful for scripts or
for testing.
-T pkgname pattern, --test-pattern pkgname pattern
Compare pkgname against shell glob pattern and set exit code
accordingly. -T can also be used in `filter mode': When one
of the arguments is `-', standard input is used, and lines
with matching package names/patterns are echoed to standard
output.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg version.
See pkg.conf(5) for further description.
CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH
INDEXDIR
INDEXFILE
PKG_DBDIR
PORTSDIR
The default index file is searched for in INDEXDIR, or if that is not
set, PORTSDIR. INDEXFILE is the name of the index relative to that
directory. If INDEXFILE is not set, the default file name is INDEX-N
where N is the OS major version number.
FILES
See pkg.conf(5).
EXAMPLES
The following is a typical invocation of the pkg version command, which
checks the installed packages against the local ports index file:
% pkg version -v
The command below generates a report against the versions in the reposi‐
tory catalogue:
% pkg update
% pkg version -vR
The following lists packages needing upgrade, compared to the repository
catalogue:
% pkg update
% pkg version -vRL=
The following command compares two package version strings:
% pkg version -t 1.5 1.5.1
SEE ALSOpkg_printf(3), pkg_repos(3), pkg-repository(5), pkg.conf(5), pkg(8),
pkg-add(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-audit(8), pkg-autoremove(8),
pkg-backup(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8), pkg-convert(8),
pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8),
pkg-lock(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-rquery(8),
pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-ssh(8),
pkg-stats(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8),
pkg-which(8)BSD September 09, 2015 BSD
