For other uses see PKG. PKGFilename extension . pkgDeveloped by Apple Inc. , Sony Computer Entertainment, Symbian Ltd. Container for applications . pkg is a file format used by Apple Inc. on its Macintosh line of computers, and the iPhone. It's also used by Sony's PlayStation 3 on downloadable content over PlayStation Network. . pkg files are built on the xar format. The contents of a . pkg file can be installed by Apple's Installer application. The .

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  • For other uses see PKG. PKGFilename extension . pkgDeveloped by Apple Inc. , Sony Computer Entertainment, Symbian Ltd. Container for applications . pkg is a file format used by Apple Inc. on its Macintosh line of computers, and the iPhone. It's also used by Sony's PlayStation 3 on downloadable content over PlayStation Network. . pkg files are built on the xar format. The contents of a . pkg file can be installed by Apple's Installer application. The . pkg file format allows easy installation of software by end users, and is commonly used by both Apple and third-party developers. . pkg files are also used as instruction sets to compile Symbian . sis installer files and contain data such as the vendor name, software dependencies, and application files that must be copied. In the 90's, the . pkg file suffix was also used in BeOS. Be bought a company called StarCode and acquired their packaging tools. During the 90's, Apple's Newton operating system also used files ending in . pkg for Newton applications and software. As a result, when seen from a Mac OS X computer, Newton applications appear the same as Mac OS X Installer packages, however they do not share their file format.
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  • For other uses see PKG. PKGFilename extension . pkgDeveloped by Apple Inc. , Sony Computer Entertainment, Symbian Ltd. Container for applications . pkg is a file format used by Apple Inc. on its Macintosh line of computers, and the iPhone. It's also used by Sony's PlayStation 3 on downloadable content over PlayStation Network. . pkg files are built on the xar format. The contents of a . pkg file can be installed by Apple's Installer application. The .
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