NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

-h

Show help and exit.

-a

Do with all the installed packages.

-b

Keep backup packages of the old versions. By default, the created backup package will be deleted after installation.

-B

Do not backup old packages.

--automatic

Set automatic flag for the package. This affects the operation of pkg-autoremove(8).

--batch

Run an upgrading process in a batch mode (with BATCH=yes).

-c, --config

Do “make config-conditional” before build.

-C, --force-config

Do “make config” before build.

--clean

Do “make clean” before build.

--cleanup

Do “make clean” after build. This is the default.

-d, -R

In addition to the specified packages, replace all packages that required by those packages as well.

--debug

Debug mode. Execute with “set -x” option.

-f

Force to replace packages.

-F

Fetch distfiles or packages, do not replace.

-i

Turn on interactive mode.

-j jobs

Number of parallel jobs. Default value gets from `sysctl -n hw.ncpu`.

-J

Do not install the target packages, but install the dependencies.

-k

Force the upgrade of a package even if some of the requisite packages have failed to upgrade in advance.

-l FILE

Save the results to FILE. By default, pkg_replace does not save results.

-L PREFIX

Save the logs in the files that begins with PREFIX.

-m ARGS

Specify arguments to append to each make(1) command. Please see section EXAMPLES.

-M ARGS

Specify arguments to prepend to each make(1) command.

-n

Do not actually replace any packages.

--noconfig

Do not read the configuration file.

-N

Install new packages, do not replace.

-O

Do not check the dependencies before building the target packages.

-p

Do “make package”.

-P

Use binary packages instead of installing from source. pkg_replace finds them from the directory specified by PKGREPOSITORY, and the remote site specified by PACKAGEROOT.

-PP

Be forced to use binary packages. Never use the port even if a package is not available either locally or remotely.

-r

In addition to the specified packages, replace all packages that depend on those packages as well.

-u

Do not preserve old shared libraries. By default, pkg_replace preserves old shared libraries in PKGCOMPATDIR.

-v

Turn on verbose output.

-V

List the installed packages that need updating.

--version

Print pkg_replace version.

-w, --noclean

Do not “make clean” before each build. This is the default.

-W, --nocleanup

Do not “make clean” after each installation.

-x, --exclude GLOB

Do not replace packages matching the specified glob pattern.

EXAMPLES

• pkgname examples:
  name-version, name and shell glob.
  glib-2.36.3_2, glib and “glib*”
• pkgorigin examples:
  devel/glib20
• Path:
  Absolute and relative paths are allowed.
• Install glib:
  pkg_replace -N devel/glib20
• Install py-cairo with FLAVOR=py37
  pkg_replace -m FLAVOR=py37 -N graphics/py-cairo
  or
  pkg_replace -N graphics/py-cairo@py37
• Replace glib:
  pkg_replace glib
• Replace perl and all packages that depend on it:
  pkg_replace -r perl
• If the xterm package is already installed, replace it with xterm-220:
  pkg_replace /usr/ports/packages/All/xterm-220.tbz
• Replace XFree86-libraries with /usr/ports/x11/xorg-libraries:
  pkg_replace XFree86-libraries=/usr/ports/x11/xorg-libraries
• Replace XFree86-libraries with pkgorigin x11/xorg-libraries:
  pkg_replace XFree86-libraries=x11/xorg-libraries
• Replace XFree86-libraries with /var/tmp/xorg-libraries-6.9.0 package:
  pkg_replace XFree86-libraries=/var/tmp/xorg-libraries-6.9.0.tbz
• Replace graphics/py-cairo with FLAVOR=py37
  pkg_replace -m FLAVOR=py37 graphics/py-cairo
  or
  pkg_replace graphics/py-cairo@py37

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