Name
installer
Synopsis
installeroptions
-pkgpkgpath
-targetvolpath
Installs standard Mac OS X package files from the command line. install is an alternative to the Installer.app GUI application.
Options
- -allow
Install over an existing version of the software, even when the version being installed is older. The package must have special support for this option.
- -config
Send the list of command-line arguments, formatted in plist XML, to standard output without performing the installation. If you direct the output to a file, you can use that file with the -file option to perform multiple identical installations.
- -dumplog
Log installer’s messages to standard output.
-
-file
pathname
Read arguments from file
pathname
. The file needs to be a product of the -config option or a file of the same format.- -help
Display a help screen, and then exit.
-
-lang
language
Identify
language
(specified in ISO format) as the default language of the target system. Used only with OS installations.- -listiso
Display the languages installer recognizes, in ISO format.
- -pkginfo
List the packages to be installed without performing the installation. Metapackages contain multiple subpackages; this option lists those subpackages as well.
- -plist
When used with -pkginfo and -volinfo, format the output into plist XML.
- -verbose
Print more package and volume information. Used with -pkginfo and -volinfo.
- -verboseR
Print more package and volume information, formatted for parsing. Used with -pkginfo and -volinfo.
- -vers
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