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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Package_File_(OS_X)&diff=30164&oldid=prev 2018-07-16T15:16:25Z

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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Package_File_(OS_X)&diff=18681&oldid=prev 2014-08-18T00:05:36Z

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Dan Tobias http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Package_File_(OS_X)&diff=18679&oldid=prev 2014-08-18T00:04:47Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Archiving |extensions={{ext|pkg}} }} A &#039;&#039;&#039;Package File&#039;&#039;&#039; is used in Mac OS X as an installation archive of a software package for ...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|pkg}}<br /> }}<br /> A '''Package File''' is used in Mac OS X as an installation archive of a software package for distribution. Clicking on it on an OS X system will launch the Installer package to extract and install the software.<br /> <br /> These files have a .pkg extension, an extension that has also been used for installable packages on a number of other operating systems including SunOS, Unix System V, Symbian, BeOS, and the Apple Newton.<br /> <br /> OS X packages are a form of the [[xar]] archive format.<br /> <br /> A [[Meta-Package File]] is another form of OS X package which may contain multiple packages of the single-package format.<br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> * [[Wikipedia:.pkg|Wikipedia: .pkg]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Installer (OS X)|Wikipedia: Installer (OS X)]]<br /> * [http://web.archive.org/web/20120114020558/http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#/web/20111007150849/http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/tconf.1.html TargetConfig command line tool man page]<br /> * [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/installer.8.html Installer man page]<br /> * [https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/SoftwareDistribution4/Managed_Installs/Managed_Installs.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004615-CH6-SW9 Software Delivery Legacy Guide]</div>

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