`RPM -qf` in MacOS

There is something similar to RPM – out of the box – in MacOS Leopard – it is called pkgutil.

To find out all options available:

jfaleiro$ pkgutil --help

And to find out where that mysterious binary came from:

jfaleiro$ pkgutil --file-info `which (your-binary)`

For example, if you want to find out which package brought Maven pre-installed in MacOS you have to type:

jfaleiro$ pkgutil --file-info `which mvn`

What results…

volume: /
path: usr/bin/mvn

pkgid: com.apple.pkg.BSD
pkg-version: 10.5.0.1.1.1191419069
install-time: 1193377425
uid: 0
gid: 0
mode: 120755

pkgid: com.apple.pkg.JavaSE6
pkg-version: 10.5.0.1.1.1192168948
install-time: 1210817763
uid: 0
gid: 0
mode: 120755

If you are looking for closer matches there are additional ports out there – some you can check out are RPM for Darwin (Fedora-like RPM), Fink (Debian’s apt) and MacPorts (ports).

The beauty of *nix…