Way back in 2004—when Mac Gems was in its infancy—I reviewed Pacifist 1.6, a nifty utility for working with Mac OS X installer packages (.pkg and .mpkg files). If you’ve ever wondered what an ...

Ever had a source package fail to build due to a missing file? If so, apt-file, a tool that searches online repositories for a specific file, may be the answer. Occasionally, when building a package ...

The popular, open source Nuget Package Management system makes quick work of installing, configuring and updating third-party components in.NET projects. Welcome to the new Open Source .NET column at ...

Suspicious Package is a free Quick Look plug-in which allows you to inspect package files (.pkg) on the Mac. Package files on the Mac are awesome, because they can install all of the various files ...

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The macOS installer is quick and easy to use, but you can find out more info on what happens during installations by checking its built-in logs. Here's how to look at them. macOS installer files are ...

Microsoft has released a new preview version of WIndows Package Manager, or winget, adding the ability to export a list of packages and import them in a new installation, making setup faster.