#!/bin/bash # bin2pkg.sh – Attempt to convert various .bin files into a .pkg INPUT_BIN="$1" OUTPUT_PKG="$2"
./installer.bin --noexec --keep Navigate to the extracted folder. You will likely see a payload or data folder. Use pkgbuild (as shown in Scenario 1) to wrap that folder into a deployable PKG. bin to pkg
Use a hex editor to inspect the BIN header. If it contains executable code for a different CPU architecture (e.g., ARM for a router vs. x86 for macOS), a PKG on a Mac will never run it. Part 4: Scenario 3 – The BIN is a Unix Self-Extracting Installer ( .bin executable) On older Linux and macOS systems, software distributors often shipped a .bin file that was a shell script + compressed tar archive (makeself). For example, jdk-6u23-macosx-x64.bin . Use a hex editor to inspect the BIN header
Searching "bin to pkg" for firmware often comes from confusion with Android .bin to .apk or Windows .bin to .exe . In this case, no tool exists because the task is technically nonsensical. Part 4: Scenario 3 – The BIN is
Extract the contents of this self-extracting BIN and package it as a modern PKG. Solution: Step 1: Make the bin executable and run it with --help chmod +x installer.bin ./installer.bin --help Many such BINs have a --extract or --noexec flag. Step 2: Extract without installing ./installer.bin --extract --target /path/to/extract or