I downloaded a Mathematica package. It came as a file with the .paclet extension. How can I install or uninstall it? Answer This answer is for people who are not interested in package development, and just need to install a Mathematica package which they obtained as a .paclet file. Note: Before using the functions in this guide, it may be necessary to evaluate Needs["PacletManager`"] . Specifically, this is needed when your notebooks's default context is set to "Unique to This Notebook". Installing Packages distributed as paclets can be installed using the PacletInstall function. Evaluate this function with its argument the full path to the downloaded .paclet file. For example, if SomePackage-1.0.0.paclet was downloaded into the ~/Downloads directory, then evaluate PacletInstall["~/Downloads/SomePackage-1.0.0.paclet"] You may use Insert → File Path... to easily insert the path to this file. Getting information .paclet files are typically name...