PKG-SCRIPT(5)             FreeBSD File Formats Manual            PKG-SCRIPT(5)

NAME
     shell scripts - Shell scripts that are run by pkg(8)

DESCRIPTION
     pkg(8) run scripts at given phases of the process it is running

     The phases are the following:

     pre-install:
             run before installing the files on the system.

     post-install:
             run after installing the files on the system.

     pre-deinstall:
             run before removing the files on the system.

     post-deinstall:
             run after removing the files on the system.

     In the particular case of an upgrade the scripts are run in the following
     order:
     1.   new pre-install
     2.   old pre-deinstall
     3.   replace binaries
     4.   new post-install

Environment
     The following environment variable are exported to be used by the script

     PKG_NAME
             Represents the name of the package.

     PKG_PREFIX
             PREFIX defined within the package at build time.

     PKG_ROOTDIR
             represents the root directory where the package will be installed
             as specified by the -r arguments passed to pkg(8).

     PKG_MSGFD
             Number of a file descriptor to be used to be able to send
             messages to the user that will be shown at the end of the pkg(8)
             process.

     PKG_UPGRADE
             Variable existing when the scripts is run in the context of an
             upgrade of the package

SEE ALSO
     pkg_create(3), pkg_printf(3), pkg_repos(3), pkg-keywords(5),
     pkg-lua-script(5), pkg-repository(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-clean(8), pkg-config(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-triggers(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-updating(8),
     pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8)

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6         March 26, 2021         FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6