pkgutil — Query
and manipulate macOS Installer packages and receipts.
pkgutil |
[options] [commands] |
--help,
-h- A brief summary of commands and usage.
--force,
-f- Don't ask for confirmation before performing a potentially destructive or
ambiguous operation.
--verbose,
-v- Output in a "human-readable" format with extra headers, footers,
indentation, and other contextual information.
--volume
path- Perform all operations on the specified volume or home directory. The root
volume '/' will be used if unspecified.
--edit-pkg
package-id- Specifies an existing receipt to be modified in-place by
--learn.
--only-files- List only files (not directories) in
--files
listing.
--only-dirs- List only directories (not files) in
--files
listing.
--regexp- Try to match package-id arguments as a regular expression if an
exact match isn't found. See egrep(1) and
re_format(7) for syntax.
--packages,
--pkgs- List all installed package IDs on the specified
--volume.
--pkgs-plist- List all installed package IDs on the specified
--volume in Mac OS X plist(5)
format.
--pkgs=REGEXP- List all installed package IDs matching REGEXP on
the specified
--volume. The equal sign (=) is
required or the search string will be ignored and all package IDs
will be returned. Be mindful of escaping characters in both your shell and
the regular expression. (Eg, 'pkgutil --pkgs=\\.D' searches for package
IDs matching the literal '.D' after escaping the backslash from your shell
and then the dot from the regex to make it literal.) Regular expressions
are more complex than simple shell globbing. A dot (.) matches any
character, while '*' matches zero or more of the previous character. See
re_format(7) for a complete description of the
syntax.
--files
package-id- List all of the files installed under the package-id.
--export-plist
package-id- Print all receipt information about the specified package-id in the
standard Mac OS X plist(5) format.
--pkg-info
package-id- Print extended information about the specified package-id.
--pkg-info-plist
package-id- Print extended information about the specified package-id in Mac OS
X plist(5) format.
--forget
package-id- Discard all receipt data about package-id, but do not touch the
installed files. DO NOT use this command from an installer package
script to fix broken package design.
--learn
path- Update the ACLs of the given path in the receipt
identified by
--edit-pkg. This affects subsequent
repair operations on the package. This command
cannot
be used from package postinstall scripts, but if a postinstall script
changes the ACLs on the installed files, the receipt is automatically be
updated to reflect those changes. This command will
not update
the filesystem permissions in the receipt.
--pkg-groups
package-id- List all of the package groups this package-id is a member of.
--groups- List all of the package groups on the specified
--volume.
--groups-plist- List all of the package groups on the specified
--volume in Mac OS X plist(5)
format.
--group-pkgs
group-id- List all of the packages that are members of this group-id.
--file-info
path- Show the metadata known about path.
--file-info-plist
path- Show the metadata known about path in Mac OS X
plist(5) format.
--expand
pkg-path dir-path- Expand the flat package at pkg-path into a new
directory specified by dir-path.
--flatten
dir-path pkg-path- Flatten the dir-path into a new flat package created
at pkg-path. The directory to be flattened
must have the proper contents and layout for a flat package. This
is not intended as a substitute for pkgbuild(1).
--bom
path- Extract any BOM files from the flat pkg at path into /tmp and
return the filename(s). Suggested use is as an argument to
lsbom(8). Eg, "lsbom `pkgutil --bom
path`". Note that some flat package archives may contain no
BOM, one BOM, or several BOMs.
--payload-files
path- List the files archived within the payload of the uninstalled flat
package(s) contained at path. This should be equivalent to
"lsbom -s `pkgutil --bom path`". Note that flat package
archives may contain more than one package, and the destination location
for the uninstalled package(s) is unknown to this command.
--check-signature
pkg-path- Check the validity and trust of the signature on the package at
pkg-path. In addition to the status of the
signature, the associated certificate chain will be shown.