Unlike macOS, Darling also has the uninstaller command, which lets you easily uninstall packages. You can do the latter under Darling as well: Darling $ installer -pkg mc-4.8.7-0.pkg -target / Under macOS, you would use the graphical Installer.app or the command-line installer utility to install this kind of package.

It's not enough to simply copy the contents of a package somewhere they are really meant to be installed and can run arbitrary scripts during installation.

pkg, the native package format of macOS, as their distribution format. To install such an application in Darling, download the app from a real App Store (possibly running on another computer) and copy the. Many apps are only available via Apple's Mac App Store. To install such an app, unpack the archive using the appropriate CLI tools and copy the. Some apps are distributed as archives instead of disk images. app using cp: Darling $ hdiutil attach Downloads/SomeApp.dmgĭarling $ cp -r /Volumes/SomeApp/SomeApp.app /Applications/ Under Darling, use hdiutil attach SomeApp.dmg to mount the DMG (the same command works on macOS too), and then copy the. app to your Applications folder to copy it there. Under macOS, you would click the DMG to mount it and then drag the. Volumes/SystemRoot/run/media/username/Macintosh HD/Applications/SomeApp.app) and run the app from there.

To use an app that's already installed, you just need to locate the existing installation (e.g. This is possible thanks to the way application bundles (. Unlike Wine, Darling can run software that's installed on an existing macOS installation on the same computer. However there currently are a few limitations, mainly the lack of GUI. There are multiple ways to install software on macOS, and our aim is to make all of them work on Darling as well.

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