# Packaging module for native OS X?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/packaging-module-for-native-os-x/15711>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 18, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/packaging-module-for-native-os-x/15711 "2014-07-18T21:04:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Oliver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/97f17d/32.png) [@John\_Oliver](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Oliver)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/packaging-module-for-native-os-x/15711/1 "2014-07-18T21:04:22Z")

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It’s nice that I can use ‘apt’, ‘yum’, ‘macports’, etc. But is there a module that I can point to an OS X ‘\*.pkg’ file to install? If not, is there a better way than using a ‘file’ module to upload, then a ‘script’, then another ‘file’ to delete the installer? I suppose I could create a .sh with the compressed binary in it, but that seems a little messy.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/packaging-module-for-native-os-x/15711/2 "2014-07-18T22:53:08Z")

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Not presently.

Running the shell command with the “creates=” option to avoid repeated runs might not be a horrible solution.