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Uninstall things you installed with a pkg on Mac
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Uninstall things you installed with a pkg on Mac | |
# Tested on El Capitan | |
# Please run this at your own risk | |
# Read: http://superuser.com/questions/36567/how-do-i-uninstall-any-apple-pkg-package-file | |
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ] | |
then | |
echo "Please run as root" | |
exit | |
fi | |
if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then | |
echo "Give me a pkg name. Hint: cat /Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist" | |
exit | |
fi | |
root=$(pkgutil --pkg-info $1 | grep location | cut -f 2 -d ' ') | |
if [[ $root = "" ]] | |
then | |
echo "Could not find package." | |
echo "Looking for the package name? Try cat /Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist" | |
exit | |
fi | |
echo "Package is insetalled at " $root | |
pushd /$root | |
echo "Files:" | |
pkgutil --only-files --files $1 | |
echo | |
echo "Dirs:" | |
pkgutil --only-dirs --files $1 | |
echo | |
read -r -p "Are you sure to uninstall? [y/N] " response | |
if [[ $response =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])$ ]] | |
then | |
pkgutil --only-files --files $1 | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -n 1 -0 sudo rm -if | |
pkgutil --only-dirs --files $1 | tail -r | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -n 1 -0 sudo rmdir | |
pkgutil --forget $1 | |
echo "Uninstalled " $1 | |
else | |
echo "Package is not uninstalled." | |
fi | |
popd |
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