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Arkanite
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vpk installation help

Post by Arkanite »

I'm currently working on a Homebrew Browser/Homebrew Store for the PS Vita.
-Vita HomeBrew Browser-
It is almost ready, though i'm having a little trouble writing a package installer function for .vpk files.

Is there anyone available that might be able to lead me in the right direction with writing a function i can pass a vpk file path too, for installation?



To Do:
- Server
- Font change


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Atherus
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Re: vpk installation help

Post by Atherus »

This looks amazing! Do I see a google hangouts icon in there?! A million thanks!
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Davenor
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Re: vpk installation help

Post by Davenor »

Oh my god! wouaw! Great job!
Arkanite
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Re: vpk installation help

Post by Arkanite »

hahaa it does look a little like the google hangouts icon, but no.


Thanks for the kind words.
:)
Deroad
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Re: vpk installation help

Post by Deroad »

I was working on the same thing. Mine just had some signature checks between the server and the client with a little more info about the package (like android does with apks before installing it)
To install a vpk (which is just a zip) give a look to the source code of the henkaku app.
As I said, it's just a zip file, so unpack it in the correct folder (just read the SFO for the appid)
Freakler
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Re: vpk installation help

Post by Freakler »

Check out https://bitbucket.org/TheOfficialFloW/vitashell/

And this looks very nice btw! Good work! :)
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Arkanite
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Re: vpk installation help

Post by Arkanite »

Hey Deroad,
Thanks for the info.
I was hoping it would be as easy as extracting the vpk to it corresponding app id directory, which was my first attempt, however this does not apply the icon to the home screen (which is the step that has me burnt out).
I'm currently disassembling the VitaShell source to get a better idea of The FloW's approach to vpk installation (a lot to go through :) but will be informative none the less)

I was looking around for the henkaku app source, but could only find the offline installer. Are you able to link me to the originals source?
Arkanite
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Re: vpk installation help

Post by Arkanite »

@Freakler
Thanks bud!
the graphics and fonts will be redone before it's released (to give it a bit more of a professional look), but that will only take a few hours.

re: VitaShell
:-) yep having a look at it now.
PixelButts
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Re: vpk installation help

Post by PixelButts »

Look into making this work on testkits/devkits.

Theres something special that the molecule bubble did early on that allowed it to work on testkits and devkits, but no other homebrew will.

If you can look into this for me (and the handful of others with kits) that would be wonderful.
Mean_Able
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Re: vpk installation help

Post by Mean_Able »

SuperNice ! very good job !
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