Bin To - Pkg

Recommendations (concise)

productbuild --distribution distribution.xml \ --package-path ./packages \ --resources ./resources \ --sign "Developer ID Installer: My Company (ABCDE12345)" \ final.pkg bin to pkg

mkdir -p payload/usr/local/bin cp myapp.bin payload/usr/local/bin/myapp chmod 755 payload/usr/local/bin/myapp bin to pkg

| | Likely Cause | Fix | |-----------|------------------|---------| | Invalid BIN format | BIN is not a valid PS3 executable | Check file header: should start with \x7FELF for PS3 | | PKG creation fails – missing PARAM.SFO | No metadata file | Generate PARAM.SFO with correct Category | | Cannot install PKG on OFW | Official firmware rejects homebrew PKG | Use CFW/HEN or fake signing | | BIN is encrypted | Dump wasn't decrypted | Use scetool or ps3dec first | bin to pkg

Many such BINs have a --extract or --noexec flag.

Here’s a concise breakdown based on the most common interpretations: