.pkg

Filename extension PKG (disambiguation) PKG .pkg Apple Inc.,Sony Computer Entertainment,Symbian Ltd. Applications .pkg (package) is a filename extension used for several file formats that contain packages of software and other files to be installed onto a certain device, operating system, or filesystem, such as macOS, iOS, the PlayStation Vita, the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5. macOS and iOS use .pkg extensions for Apple software packages using the Xar format internally. PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5used for installation of PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 software, applications, homebrew, and DLC from the PlayStation Storehttp://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/PKG_files .PKG File PSDevWiki 15 March 2015 System V Release 4 (SVR4) .pkg files are cpio archives that contain specific file tree structures.http://www.sco.com/developers/devspecs/gabi41.pdf SYSTEM V Application Binary Interface SCO Group AT&T 16 March 2015 They are software packages that can be installed, removed and tracked using the pkgadd, pkgrm, and pkginfo commands. The SVR4-based Solaris, and the Solaris-based illumos, support that package format.http://www.bolthole.com/solaris/makeapackage.html How to make a Solaris package (pkg format) Bolthole.com Philip Brown 11 October 2013 Symbian use .pkg files to store configuration information used to generate .sis installer packages.http://doc.qt.digia.com/4.6/deployment-symbian.html Deploying an Application on the Symbian platform Digia.com Nokia Corporation 15 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140809131711/http://doc.qt.digia.com/4.6/deployment-symbian.html 2014-08-09 dead BeOS used .pkg files as part of their software packaging platform. The package format was used after Be Inc. bought Starcode Software Inc. and acquired their packaging tools.April 2020 Apple Newton operating system used files ending in .pkg for Newton applications and software. As a result, when seen from the Mac OS X Finder, Newton applications appear the same as Mac OS X Installer packages; however, they do not share their file format.April 2020 PTC/CoCreate 3D Modeling application use .pkg files to store model files. This .pkg file uses the ZIP file format.April 2020 Microsoft is said to use .pkg files for profile storage on Xbox Network.April 2020 L3 Avionics systems use some .pkg files for software updates.April 2020 See also List of software package management systems References PKG