ipa2deb

converts ipa to deb in the terminal

Setup

first grab the latest release from the release page

macOS (and maybe linux idk)

move downloaded binary to /usr/local/bin or run mv -f ~/Downloads/ipa2deb /usr/local/bin/

iOS

install the latest deb file from the release page or add my cydia repo or watch the tutorial

Windows

not yet available, i'll have to rewrite the whole thing

Actual usage

right now it's only:

ipa2deb /path/to/ipa /path/to/metadata (optional)

by the way, it will ask for the metadata and ipa if they are missing in case you forgot to specify them

Troubleshooting

if anything goes wrong, here are some solutions to problems i have faced

Access denied

Try:

• running chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ipa2deb
• redownloading the file and follow the setup again

Command not found

Try:

• redoing the setup
• run zsh
• run bash

(might be your shell not seeing it)

error parsing file '/tmp/test/DEBIAN/control'

see this issue: https://github.com/rullinoiz/ipa2deb/issues/1#issue-640234014