FreeBSD pkg
The facts below are what the maker publishes about FreeBSD pkg, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From FreeBSD pkg's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD pkg | Free | Package management tool for FreeBSD |
The facts
Each one read from FreeBSD pkg's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Bootstrap
- Supported FreeBSD versions include a /usr/sbin/pkg placeholder that can download and install the full pkg tool and initialize the local package database.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Bug reporting
- The README directs users to submit bugs through the pkg issue tracker.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Configuration files
- The FAQ says pkg does not perform two- or three-way merges of package configuration files; it generally installs sample files and updates live files only under specified conditions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- The FAQ says pkg automatically notices when a dependency package is updated to a new version.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dependency resolution
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Installation sources
- pkg can install package archives from local disk, a remote HTTP server, or a remote SSH server.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Library
- pkg is built on libpkg, which interfaces with package registration backends and abstracts registration, remote repositories, package creation, and updating.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline installation
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Package checks
- The FAQ points to pkg-check(8) for auditing and repairing the package database.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Package format
- A pkg archive is a tar archive that can be raw or compressed with gzip, bzip2, zstd, or xz; zstd is the default compression algorithm.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Package formats
- tar archive (.pkg),gzip,bzip2,zstd,xzchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Parallel installs
- The FAQ says parallel installs do not work because the first operation locks the database and the second cannot proceed.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- pkg is a package management tool for FreeBSD.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security auditing
- The FAQ says pkg has an internal pkg audit command rather than using portaudit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project lists help via the #pkg channel on Libera Chat or [email protected].checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- FreeBSDchecked 21 Sep 2026
