OSX86dotNET-Linux4macOS

A tool to help fixing macOS from Linux

Linux4macOS, is a script to help users fix a macOS install from Linux.

This are the current features:

Create a macOS installer.
Install Clover Bootloader to disk for UEFI and Legacy boot.
Clone partitions.
Download and install Basic set of kexts (work in progress).
Install hfsprogs to access HFS and HFS+ formatted partitions.
Compile and Install APFS-Fuse to access APFS formatted partitions.
Mount APFS formatted partitions.
Mount DMGs.
Extract and decompile ACPI Tables.
Make complete system dump including Full Audio Codec dump and EDID.

~~Currently it has full capabities Manjaro and Ubuntu but, the script was made with the intention of make it compatible to others distros.~~

Now it's working in some of the most used distros...

You can download Manjaro Linux from here

You can download Ubuntu Linux from here

You can download Linux Mint from here

Keep inf mind that, by running the script from a LiveOS, you may need to perform a full system upgrade. The script will automatically do this for Manjaro but, for Ubuntu, external configuration is needed in order ro allow access to all repositories.

A full system upgrade isn't needed at all...

Mint and Manjaro has full repository access from the Live OS, Ubuntu needs some interaction, you can find a better description here.

The usage is simple, clone or download it, go to its directory and run;


./OSX86dotNET.sh -l

This will make the script run all tasks, an option is mandatory, it won't run without any...

The available options are:


-a              = Compile and install APFS-Fuse drivers
-c 		= Install Clover Bootloader to a disk
-d 		= Used as direct jump, needs extra argument.
-g 		= Mount a DMG
-h 		= This help
-i 		= Create a macOS installer
-l 		= Run all tasks
-v 		= Verbose output

Arguments are used for direct jump to a specific function and may be used as shown below;


./OSX86dotNET.sh -d ARGUMENT

The available arguments are:

system_dump         =Dump system information
acpidump            =Dump ACPI Table
applefs             =Compile and install APFS-Fuse drivers "same as -a"
clover_ask          =Install Clover to disk "same as -c"
dev_tool            =Check and install development tools"
mount_apfs_volume   =Mount an APFS Volume
disk_clone			=Clone a partition

This is a work in progress, so, suggestions are welcome.

The idea of this script is to create a complete environment, to fix a macOS installation from a LiveCD, for example, or for those not so familiar with Linux and its capabilities.