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pkgutil — Query and manipulate Mac OS X Installer packages and receipts. More information: <https://keith.gith

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Problem

How to use the pkgutil command: Query and manipulate Mac OS X Installer packages and receipts. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/pkgutil.1.html>.

Solution

pkgutil — Query and manipulate Mac OS X Installer packages and receipts. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/pkgutil.1.html>.

List package IDs for all installed packages:

pkgutil --pkgs

Verify cryptographic signatures of a package file:

pkgutil --check-signature {{path/to/file.pkg}}

List all the files for an installed package given its ID:

pkgutil --files {{com.microsoft.Word}}

Extract the contents of a package file into a directory:

pkgutil --expand-full {{path/to/file.pkg}} {{path/to/directory}}

Code Snippets

List package IDs for all installed packages

pkgutil --pkgs

Verify cryptographic signatures of a package file

pkgutil --check-signature {{path/to/file.pkg}}

List all the files for an installed package given its ID

pkgutil --files {{com.microsoft.Word}}

Extract the contents of a package file into a directory

pkgutil --expand-full {{path/to/file.pkg}} {{path/to/directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: osx/pkgutil

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