pkgj allows to install original pkg files on your Vita.
This homebrew allows to download & unpack pkg file directly on Vita together with your NoNpDrm fake license.
- easy way to see list of available downloads, including searching, filter & sorting.
- standalone, no PC required, everything happens directly on Vita.
- automatic download and unpack, just choose an item, and it will be installed, including bubble in live area.
Differences with PKGi:
- queues multiple downloads.
- supports the TSV file format.
- installs game updates, DLCs, PSP and PSX games.
Current limitations:
- no support for PSM.
- no background downloads - if application is closed or Vita is put in sleep then download will stop.
Get latest version as vpk file here.
Setup games databases URLs in ux0:pkgi/config.txt. The file format is the following:
url_games http://thesite/games.tsv
url_updates http://thesite/updates.tsv
url_dlcs http://thesite/dlcs.tsv
url_psx_games http://thesite/psxgames.tsv
url_psp_games http://thesite/pspgames.tsv
Then start the application and you are ready to go.
To avoid downloading pkg file over network, you can place it in ux0:pkgi folder. Keep the name of file same as in http url,
or rename it with same name as contentid. pkgj will first check if pkg file can be read locally, and only if it is missing
then pkgj will download it from http url.
Using application is pretty straight forward. Select item you want to install and press X. To sort/filter/search press triangle. It will open context menu. Press triangle again to confirm choice(s) you make in menu. Or press O to cancel any changes you did.
Press left or right button to move page up or down.
- Where to get zRIF string?
You must use NoNpDrm plugin to dump existing games you have. Plugin will generate rif file with fake license. Then you can use either web page or make_key to convert rif file to zRIF string.
- Where to get pkg URL?
You can use PSDLE to find pkg URL for games you own. Then either use original URL, or host the file on your own server.
- Where to remove interrupted/failed downloads to free up the space?
In ux0:pkgi folder - each download will be in separate folder by its title id. Simply delete the folder & resume file.
- Download speed is too slow!
Typically you should see speeds ~1-2 MB/s. This is normal for Vita hardware. Of course it also depends on WiFi router you have and WiFi signal strength. But sometimes speed will drop down to only few hundred KB/s. This happens for pkg files that contains many small files or many folders. Creating a new file or a new folder takes extra time which slows down the download.
- I want to install PSP games as EBOOT file.
Installing PSP games as EBOOT files is possible. It allows to install games faster and make them take less space. However, you will need to install the npdrm_free plugin to make them work.
To install PSP games as EBOOT files, just add the following line to your config:
install_psp_as_pbp 1
If you want to switch back to the other mode, simply remove the line. Writing 0 is not sufficient.
- I can't play PSP games, it says "The game could not be started (80010087)".
You need to install the npdrm_free plugin in VSH, or install games as ISO.
You need to have Vita SDK with libvita2d installed.
Run cmake . to create debug build, or cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release . to create optimized release build.
After than run make to create vpk file. You can set environment variable PSVITAIP (before running cmake) to IP address of
Vita, that will allow to use make send for sending eboot.bin file directly to ux0:app/PKGI00000 folder.
To enable debugging logging pass -DPKGI_ENABLE_LOGGING=ON argument to cmake. Then application will send debug messages to
UDP multicast address 239.255.0.100:30000. To receive them you can use socat on your PC:
$ socat udp4-recv:30000,ip-add-membership=239.255.0.100:0.0.0.0 -
This software is released under the 2-clause BSD license.
puff.h and puff.c files are under zlib license.