PS4 IPI: Internal PKG Installer Homebrew Application by 0x199

Following the LibJBC for PS4 Homebrew Apps release and his recent PS4 Background Wave .FBXD Format Research, today PlayStation 4 Scene developer @0x199 made available via Twitter a utility dubbed PS4 IPI: Internal PKG Installer for installing PS4 PKG files from the HDD and through PS4 FTP clients like the OrbisFTP background app that supports all Firmware versions on Jailbroken PS4 Consoles.

Download: IV0000-BREW00050_00-IPI0000000000000.pkg (6.31 MB) / GIT

Here's further details from the README.md: ps4-ipi

PS4 IPI, short for Internal PKG Installer, is a PlayStation 4 utility homebrew app which will install PKG files from the HDD, making it possible to install PKG files using FTP.

It probably already exists in some way for PS4, but I mainly found this useful for myself so I decided to implement it.

Thanks to sleirsgoevy's firmware escape the homebrew is firmware-agnostic and works on both HEN and Mira.

Usage

1. Install the PKG onto your PS4;
2. Enable FTP and upload the PKG you want to install to /data;
3. Run the app.

IPI vs Debug Settings

IPI does have a disadvantage compared to Debug Settings. Because we're uploading our PKG files now to the HDD instead of having it stored on a USB, the HDD requires 2x the space.

This is fine for small PKG installations, but if your PKG is very large, check with your system if you have enough space on the HDD x 2.

Credits

• flatz, for the bgft bonus code in his PKG installation writeup
• sleirsgoevy, for the extremely useful ps4-libjbc
• OSM, for PS4-Notify and the libjbc sprx implementation
• OpenOrbis, for the PS4 Toolchain

Spoiler: Related Tweets & Videos

 

[tungatung]

Thank You

Now the ps4 is also getting features like cfw on ps3 via homebrew apps.

 

[joe2025]

Thank you very much.

 

[sonicman2k8]

I was trying to find a way to do this only yesterday and couldn't find anything about it. I thought it works on ps3 so must work on ps4 with no luck and this drops today! Thank you

 

[Quinten600]

This is just what i need. 60mb/s transfer speed via ftp is way faster than my usb <20mb/s

 

[jamesblond007]

What I'd like to see is it possible to install games from app2usb folder structure when folders are made up with game I'd numbers

 

[saad2790]

Nice , thanks for same

 

[fitzoro]

useful tool

 

[Dogtor]

@Quinten600 dude, use a 1Gbps LAN cable and it'll come up to 100MB/s to remote package installer, way more faster than FTP method

 

[maoex1]

to which folder i have to upload the .pkg file ? i forgot it. maybe user/download or user/data or user/hdd ?
THX for answer