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pkgutil

Query and manipulate Mac OS X Installer packages and receipts. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/pkgutil.html.
  • List package IDs for all installed packages:
    pkgutil --pkgs
  • Verify cryptographic signatures of a package file:
    pkgutil --check-signature {{path/to/filename.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/filename.pkg}} {{path/to/directory}}

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