Pkgutil

pkgutil is a command line tool to query and manipulate Mac OS X Installer packages and receipts.

Basic commands

• List of packages: pkgutil --packages or pkgutil --pkgs
• List of files from a package: pkgutil --files package_name
• Package owner of a file: pkgutil --file-info /usr/sbin/pkgutil

See also

• homebrew
• lsbom List the contents of an installer's bom (bill of materials) file

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