reinstall all packages installed by pkg_add

[mfaridi]

I installed many packages by pkg_add and want reinstall them again . I can not option for this

[pawaan]

How about 'pkg_info -m' for all manually installed packages and save to 'file' then 'pkg_add -l' file ?

[shep]

One way
1) Generate a list of manually installed packages leaving out the dependencies
$ pkg_info -m > pkgs.txt
2) Delete all installed packages
# pkg_delete /var/db/pkg/*
3) You may need to edit your pkgs.txt if there have been interim updates/patches. Here is an example:

cabextract-1.5p0    extracts files from Microsoft CAB archives

to

cabextract

If you use the vi editor, "D" (delete from cursor to end of line) works wonderfully for this.
4) Re install the packages from pkgs.txt

pkg_add -l pkgs.txt

[jggimi]

No modification of the pkg_info output file is needed if you use the -z option with pkg_add(1).

$ pkg_info -qm will give you a simpler list, and one which is is slightly faster to obtain.

[pawaan]

mfaridi , may I ask you why or what has happened that made you decide to remove all packages and reinstall again ?