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Unpacking webOS .ipk files on a Mac

Posted by Shane O'Sullivan on August 28, 2011

Quick tip: For some reason, the archive files that webOS uses as application installers are very awkward to extract on a Mac. It’s simple on Windows.

After a little digging, I found a handy script at http://forums.precentral.net/webos-development/235149-extract-build-ipkg-mac-osx.html that does the trick.

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2 Responses to “Unpacking webOS .ipk files on a Mac”

  1. Mark said

    Glad I stumbled on this post. I’ve been wondering how to do this on Lion.

    Laura – webOS isn’t dead yet! And is Lindsay Lohan into technology?? (not sure I follow).

  2. K said

    bolt.js has been let loose.

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