PKG-STATS(8)
π 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 β¨ she's a little tool, she's a vibe checker for your package databases, and honestly? iconic for it.
πΈ NAME πΈ
pkg stats β display package database statistics π
like, literally, she shows you the numbers. that's the whole gig. no cap.
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
pkg stats [-qlrb]
pkg stats [--{quiet,local,remote,bytes}]
two whole ways to summon her, same energy. pick your fighter π«Ά
π DESCRIPTION π
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. π
π₯ OPTIONS π₯
the following options are supported by pkg stats, and yes you can stack the short ones together like a friendship bracelet:
-q,--quietβ Quiet mode. Show less output. π¦ she's giving minimalism, she's giving "I don't have the energy today", and valid.-l,--localβ Display stats only for the local package database. π just the one on your machine. your personal collection. yours.-r,--remoteβ Display stats only for the remote package database(s). π note the (s) bestie β there can be more than one, and she will count them all.-b,--bytesβ Display disk space usage in bytes only. π’ raw numbers, no human-friendly rounding, no decoration. she ate and left no crumbs.
π§ ENVIRONMENT π§
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 atpkg.conf(5). so go readpkg.conf(5), that's where the answers live. π΅οΈββοΈ
π FILES π
See pkg.conf(5).
(short, sweet, and pointed. she's not gonna repeat herself, go look at pkg.conf(5) π)
π SEE ALSO π
a whole friend group. a squad. prepare yourself, this is the group chat and everyone's here:
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-clean(8)pkg-config(8)pkg-create(8)pkg-delete(8)pkg-fetch(8)pkg-help(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-search(8)pkg-set(8)pkg-shell(8)pkg-shlib(8)pkg-ssh(8)pkg-triggers(8)pkg-unregister(8)pkg-update(8)pkg-updating(8)pkg-upgrade(8)pkg-version(8)pkg-which(8)
and that's the whole page, bestie. π run pkg stats, get your numbers, feel something. no notes. β¨
sign-off time π 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. π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixos 26.05: pkg 2.7.5
- nixpkgs unstable: pkg 2.7.5
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms