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

NAME

     pkg help - display usage information for pkg commands

SYNOPSIS

     pkg help command

DESCRIPTION

     pkg help is used to display the manual page for a pkg(8) command.  When
     invoked with a valid command name, pkg help opens the corresponding
     manual page using man(1).

     If the specified command is an alias defined in pkg.conf(5), pkg help
     displays the alias expansion instead.

     When invoked without arguments, pkg help displays a brief usage summary
     of all available pkg(8) commands.

EXAMPLES

     Display the manual page for the install command:
           $ pkg help install

     Display the manual page for pkg.conf(5):
           $ pkg help pkg.conf

     Display all available commands:
           $ pkg help

SEE ALSO

     pkg_checksum(3), pkg_create(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-checksum(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8),
     pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8),
     pkg-key(8), pkg-lock(8), pkg-plugins(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8),
     pkg-repo(8), pkg-repositories(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-rwhich(8),
     pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-ssh(8),
     pkg-stats(8), pkg-triggers(8), pkg-unregister(8), pkg-update(8),
     pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8)

FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE-HBSD         March 2, 2026                     PKG-HELP(8)