PKG-STATS(8)

πŸ“¦ version 2.7.5, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… PKG-STATS(8) β€” the System Manager's Manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, welcome to pkg-stats(8) β€” lowercase "stats", section 8, straight out of the System Manager's Manual ✨ she's a little tool, she's a vibe checker for your package databases, and honestly? iconic for it.


🌸 NAME 🌸

pkg stats β€” display package database statistics πŸŽ€

like, literally, she shows you the numbers. that's the whole gig. no cap.


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pkg stats [-qlrb]

pkg stats [--{quiet,local,remote,bytes}]

two whole ways to summon her, same energy. pick your fighter 🫢


πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

pkg stats is used to display different statistics about the package databases.

that's it. that's the function. she looks at the package databases and gives you the receipts β€” numbers, sizes, the whole little dashboard moment. main character energy for a command that technically does nothing except look at stuff and tell you about it, and honestly? we stan. πŸ‘‘


πŸ”₯ OPTIONS πŸ”₯

the following options are supported by pkg stats, and yes you can stack the short ones together like a friendship bracelet:

  • -q, --quiet β€” Quiet mode. Show less output. πŸ¦‹ she's giving minimalism, she's giving "I don't have the energy today", and valid.
  • -l, --local β€” Display stats only for the local package database. πŸ’… just the one on your machine. your personal collection. yours.
  • -r, --remote β€” Display stats only for the remote package database(s). 🌈 note the (s) bestie β€” there can be more than one, and she will count them all.
  • -b, --bytes β€” Display disk space usage in bytes only. πŸ”’ raw numbers, no human-friendly rounding, no decoration. she ate and left no crumbs.

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg stats. See pkg.conf(5) for further description.

ngl bestie, this section is a little mysterious β€” the manual doesn't spell out the variables here, it just points you at pkg.conf(5). so go read pkg.conf(5), that's where the answers live. πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ

πŸ“ FILES πŸ“

See pkg.conf(5).

(short, sweet, and pointed. she's not gonna repeat herself, go look at pkg.conf(5) πŸ’œ)


πŸŽ€ SEE ALSO πŸŽ€

a whole friend group. a squad. prepare yourself, this is the group chat and everyone's here:


and that's the whole page, bestie. πŸ’– run pkg stats, get your numbers, feel something. no notes. ✨

sign-off time πŸŽ€ β€” this page comes to you from Debian, dated October 30, 2014, and she's filed under PKG-STATS(8) in the System Manager's Manual. mwah. πŸ’‹

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