| Requirement | Description | |-------------|-------------| | | Valid Cisco IOS-XE or IOS-XR .bin file (e.g., from Cisco Software Download portal). | | Linux host | Ubuntu 20.04/22.04 or RHEL 8/9 with binwalk , unsquashfs , tar , and mksquashfs . | | Cisco PKG Tools | Custom Cisco tools or standard Linux packaging utilities (if Cisco toolchain unavailable). | | Disk space | Minimum 3x the size of the .bin file (e.g., 2GB .bin → 6GB free). | 3. Conversion Methodology 3.1. Manual Conversion (Using Open-Source Tools) If the Cisco-specific bin2pkg utility is unavailable, use the following manual extraction and repackaging process.
mkdir -p pkg_root/contents pkg_root/metadata cp -r /mnt/cisco_fs/* pkg_root/contents/ cisco convert bin to pkg
Create pkg_root/metadata/package.ini with: | | Disk space | Minimum 3x the size of the
if [ -z "$BIN_FILE" ]; then echo "Usage: $0 <cisco.bin> [output.pkg]" exit 1 fi then echo "Usage: $0 <