Package storage location

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Xaelem

I'm a bit of a newbie so please excuse me if this is a stupid question.

When I install packages using [cmd=]pkg_add -r package.tbz[/cmd] where are the package and its dependencies' .tbz files, that it downloads during the install, stored?
 
They aren't stored. Not permanent anyway. They're downloaded, installed then removed.
 
And if you want to keep them permanently, use the -K option (e.g. pkg_add -rK package.tbz). They will be kept in the current directory. Or better, you can define PKGDIR (e.g. in /root/.cshrc) and they will be kept there instead.
 
If you have multiple systems it might be worthwhile to set up your own package repository.

I always build everything from ports and create packages from them myself.
 
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