Uninstall pkg package from macOS

README.md

Run this script from GitHub Gist directly

sh <(curl -Ls https://gist.github.com/akunzai/dd7c40ca4054db98b97208f0f3907400/raw/uninstall-pkg.sh)

Passing parameters to bash when executing the script fetched by curl

curl -Ls https://gist.github.com/akunzai/dd7c40ca4054db98b97208f0f3907400/raw/uninstall-pkg.sh | sh -s com.xamarin.mono-MDK.pkg

uninstall-pkg.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Uninstall pkg package from macOS
# https://superuser.com/questions/36567/how-do-i-uninstall-any-apple-pkg-package-file/525395

PKGID="$1"
while [ -z "$PKGID" ]; do
    pkgutil --pkgs | grep -v 'com.apple.' | sort
    echo
    printf "Please input the package ID: "
    read PKGID
done

case "$PKGID" in
    com.apple.*)
        echo "Cannot remove Apple built-in packages!"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

if ! pkgutil --pkg-info "$PKGID" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "Packages: [$PKGID] not found!"
    exit 2
fi

pkgutil --files "$PKGID"
echo
pkgutil --pkg-info "$PKGID"
echo

printf "Are you sure to uninstall the package? (y/N) "
read response
case "$response" in
    [yY][eE][sS]|[yY])
        PKGPATH=$(pkgutil --pkg-info "$PKGID" | awk '/^volume:/ {vol=$2} /^location:/ {loc=$2} END {print vol loc}')
        cd "$PKGPATH" || exit
        pkgutil --only-files --files "$PKGID" | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0 sudo rm -iv
        pkgutil --only-dirs --files "$PKGID" | sort -r | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0 sudo rmdir
        sudo pkgutil --forget "$PKGID" && echo "Done"
        cd - >/dev/null 2>&1
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Uninstallation cancelled."
        ;;
esac