Pkgng

FreeBSD's package manager.

Originally the selling point of PKGNG (package next-generation), was allowing users to use a mix of binary packages and ports. This is not the case, but you can compile your own packages to install on all machines.

Documentation

binary packages

http://pkg.freebsd.org/

CheatSheet

pkg install    <pkg>  # install package
pkg install -y <pkg>  # install package without interactive confirmation

pkg info              # show all installed packages
pkg info <pkg>        # info about INSTALLED package
pkg info -r <pkg>     # list packages that depend on pkg

pkg delete <pkg>      # uninstall package
pkg autoremove        # delete uneeded deps

pkg update            # update package index

pkg clean             # remove compiled/uneeded binaries
pkg lock/unlock       # pin packages so they are not updated

Install

cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkgng
make install

Force Update to latest

pkg clean                    # cleans /var/cache/pkg/
rm -rf /var/cache/pkg/*      # just remove it all
pkg update -f                # forces update  of repository catalog
rm /var/db/pkg/repo-*.sqlite # removes all remote repository catalogs
pkg bootstrap -f             # forces reinstall of pkg

Installing old package versions

cd /var/cache/pkg
sudo pkg install py39-salt-3006.5.pkg  # some file in repo

Alternative Repositories

/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf/	main freebsd repo
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/*.conf	alternative freebsd repos

I ran into an issue with saltstack pushing updates to pkg which broke it. This enabled me to disable the updates.

Troubleshooting

If, on kernel-updates you have issues, or you need to reinstall all packages:

pkg-static install -f pkg  # force reinstall pkg
pkg upgrade -f             # reinstall all packages