http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Meta-Package_File 2026-05-04T07:43:19Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Meta-Package_File&diff=30433&oldid=prev 2018-10-12T19:07:25Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 19:07, 12 October 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The meta-package may contain individual files or package files which are entire installable packages in their own right.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The meta-package may contain individual files or package files which are entire installable packages in their own right.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>OS X packages are a form of the [[Xar (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">eXtensible ARchive</del>)|xar]] archive format.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>OS X packages are a form of the [[Xar (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Extensible Archive</ins>)|xar]] archive format.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Links ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Links ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Meta-Package_File&diff=30166&oldid=prev 2018-07-16T15:18:10Z

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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Meta-Package_File&diff=18682&oldid=prev 2014-08-18T00:09:36Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Archiving |extensions={{ext|mpkg}} }} A &#039;&#039;&#039;Meta-Package File&#039;&#039;&#039; is a variant of the <a href="/wiki/Package_File_(OS_X)" title="Package File (OS X)">Package File</a> that is us...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|mpkg}}<br /> }}<br /> A '''Meta-Package File''' is a variant of the [[Package File (OS X)|Package File]] that is used in Mac OS X when it is necessary to have an installation archive which can contain multiple software packages for distribution. Clicking on it on an OS X system will launch the Installer package to extract and install the software.<br /> <br /> The meta-package may contain individual files or package files which are entire installable packages in their own right.<br /> <br /> OS X packages are a form of the [[xar]] archive format.<br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Installer (OS X)|Wikipedia: Installer (OS X)]]<br /> * [http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/119928/where-are-the-files-installed-when-you-execute-a-mpkg-file Where are the files installed when you execute a mpkg file?]<br /> * [http://www.ehow.com/info_8012180_mpkg-file-extension.html .mpkg file extension information: Meta Packages]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Apple]]<br /> [[Category:Macintosh]]</div>

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