Re installation manifest: I did point out you can lsbom to get the list of installed files from a package (well, unless you use a trick like discussed here; you

Re installation manifest: I did point out you can lsbom to get the list of installed files from a package (well, unless you use a trick like discussed here; you can do anything in postinstall scripts too on Linux, at least with apt). But programs generate config, state, and data, and those need to removed if you want to “completely uninstall” a program. Linux certainly does not make clean removal (/etc, /var, dotfiles/directories) easy. Oh, and the “separate tool” can be pre-bundled, whether you have to download it separately is orthogonal. Pretty much every Windows program has a separate uninstaller, because on Windows you simply can’t uninstall yourself. https://ss64.com/osx/lsbom.html https://ss64.com/osx/lsbom.html