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-backup(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)