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Uninstall macOS pkg
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uninstall-pkg.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# list all installed packages
# > pkgutil --pkgs
packageid=$1
set -e
cd /
pkgutil --only-files --files $packageid | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -n 1 -0 sudo rm -v
pkgutil --only-dirs --files $packageid | tail -r | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -n 1 -0 sudo rmdir -v
sudo pkgutil --forget $packageid
echo "Successfully uninstalled $packageid"
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