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user457303
user457303

Reputation: 139

How to convert an ipa file to a deb file

How do I convert a .ipa file to a .deb file?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4917

Answers (3)

user8243991
user8243991

Reputation:

If someone wants to convert an ipa to deb I am 90% sure it is because they are not able to perform sideloading (e.g. I failed with ideviceinstaller), and they want to install the package with Cydia without the need of sideloading.

Tools:

  • rullinoiz/ipa2deb
  • Un1Gfn-obj/ios/ipa2deb.sh - written by me based on the previous one
  • alamshafil/ipa2deb - C# - Windows - GUI - I haven't tried it

TL;DR of how they work:

  1. Create a DEBIAN/control and fill in some package info
  2. Unpack ipa to a directory (ipa is kinda equivalent to zip)
  3. Repack the directory with dpkg -b or dpkg-deb

Upvotes: 0

David K
David K

Reputation: 1

Correction to the previous answer: Your question makes perfect sense

iOS (and Mac OS) are based on linux. Sometimes, when downloading apps for a jailbroken iphone onto your PC, these files will be have a deb extension because of this.

try this page for a couple of methods: http://xsellize.com/topic/32674-converting-cydia-applications-to-ipa-format/

Upvotes: 0

Paul Wheeler
Paul Wheeler

Reputation: 20170

Your question makes very little sense, since .IPA is the extension for an application installed on the i(Phone|Pad|Pod), where as .DEB is the extension for a package for the Linux operating system Debian.

Based on your comments, the answer is: you pay the $99/year to Apple, and you can then deploy things to your own iPhone (there are plenty of docs out there on this), or you Jailbreak your iPhone, and in that case, I'm not sure how app deployment works, but I'm sure there are docs out there for that too.

It is unfortunate that Apple has chosen to require payment for people to tinker with their own devices, but I guess that's why there are some many people Jailbreaking there devices.

Upvotes: 1

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