ExtractPacletArchive

extracts the contents of the paclet archive file into the directory in which file resides.

extracts the contents of the paclet archive file into destdir.

Details and Options

ExtractPacletArchive returns the full path to the extracted paclet directory, or $Failed if there is an error.
Paclet archive files are created by CreatePacletArchive.
Paclet archive file names end in .paclet.
ExtractPacletArchive is called internally by PacletInstall, and rarely called directly by users.
You can use ExtractPacletArchive to examine the contents of a paclet archive file without installing it.
ExtractPacletArchive allows the following option:
Verbose False whether to print out the names of files and directories as they are extracted

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Extract a sample paclet archive file to a temporary directory:

The .paclet file has been uncompressed to a directory containing the paclet's contents:

The Verbose option lets you print out a report of the contents of the paclet as it is extracted:

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