InstallMii 3DS

InstallMii
File:InstallMii.jpeg
General
Author	simonepsp (Simon)
Type	Utilities
Version	v0.1c
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2015/01/19
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InstallMii is an easy and fast package manager for Nintendo 2DS/3DS. It is repository based, meaning you can set your own homebrew URL source list and installMii will download packages for you.

It currently supports .3ds/.3dsx homebrews only and .cia support is in development.

Features

• Configuration file with user-defined repo list.
• Repository updating.
• Showing homebrew description, version and author.
• Homebrew downloading.
• UI and category switching.
• Downloading UI.
• SD writing and parsing.
• Checking if an homebrew has been already installed.
• .cia files downloading (installing not available).

Installation

Copy the installMii folder into /3ds/ on your SD card.

User guide

See also the admin tool for InstallMii created by ChaosJester (a PHP admin tool to compile several files required by the InstallMii 3DS Homebrew app).

FAQ

Q. How can I add a new repository to installMii?

installMii comes with a configuration file called repo.list. This file contains a list of preinstalled repositories. You can change it as you like, adding or removing urls.

Here's an example of repo.list. This file can be located in the SD card root or in the /3ds/installMii/ folder.

{
  "repos": [
  {
  "name": "REPO 1",
  "url": "http://www.example.com/repo1/"
  },
  {
  "name": "REPO 2",
  "url": "http://www.example2.com/"
  }
  ]
}

Q. Can I host my own repository?

Absolutely yes. Just create a packages.json file (example below) in your prefered webserver folder.

Then you can share your repository url with everyone.

Q. How to configure my repository?

There are 2 important files in every repo:

• packages.json - This file contains informations about the repository and the packages list. It has to be placed in the root folder of the repo.
• package.list - Every homebrew folder should have one. It contains the list of files and folders that have to be downloaded by the installMii client.

Here's an example of the packages.json file:

{
  "repo": {
  "name": "Example repo",
  "author": "simonepsp",
  "website": null
  },
  "packages": [
  {
  "name": "3DS Craft",
  "author": "smea",
  "short_description": "WoW! Minecraft for 3DS",
  "category": "games",
  "website:": null,
  "type": "3ds",
  "version": "1.0.1",
  "dl_path": "3ds/3dscraft/",
  "info_path": "3ds/3dscraft/3dscraft.smdh"
  }
  ]
}

A brief explanation of the parameters:

• name - Package name
• author - Package author
• type - usually "3ds" or "cia".
• version - Package version number
• dl_path - path of the homebrew folder on your server. installMii will look here for a file called package.list.
• info_path - path of the homebrew icon on your server

Every homebrew folder also need to have a package.list file. This file is basically a list of every file contained in the homebrew folder.

Here's an example image explaining how to create it:

Q. Can I use custom icons for packages?

Sure. If you have a repository you can manually specify which smdh should be used.

This can be done modifing the info_path parameter into the packages.json file.

Controls

Touchscreen - Browse homebrews

UP/Down - Browse application list

L/R - Switch between categories

A - Install homebrew

Y - Change homebrew order

Start - Exit

Select - Download new package list from repos

Screenshots

Credits

InstallMii is based on 3DS Homebrew Browser, a discontinued project made by zeta013.

A big thanks to this developer. The project shares some code with his homebrew, mostly in the UI and the download handling.

External links

• GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-installmii-graphical-repository-downloader.406097