pkg-ng was added a few years ago, and makes updating super easy. pkg update pulls a new package list, pkg upgrade installs. For installs, pkg add, for deinstall

pkg-ng was added a few years ago, and makes updating super easy. pkg update pulls a new package list, pkg upgrade installs. For installs, pkg add, for deinstalls, pkg delete. It also uses sqlite as its database format, so it's a lot easier to build tools around for querying and maintaining systems.