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The Homebrew Channel

Build HBC

Included portions:

  • The Homebrew Channel
  • Reload stub
  • Banner
  • PyWii (includes Alameda for banner creation)
  • WiiPAX (LZMA executable packer)

Not included:

  • Installer

This has been tested on a real Wii, a Wii mini, and vWii (a Wii U).

Build instructions

You need devkitPPC and libogc installed, and the DEVKITPRO/DEVKITPPC environment variables correctly set. Use the latest available versions. Make sure you also install these libraries:

  • libogc
  • libfat
  • zlib
  • libpng
  • mxml
  • freetype

You can obtain binaries of those with devkitPro pacman. Simply use

sudo (dkp-)pacman -S ppc-zlib ppc-libpng ppc-mxml ppc-freetype wii-dev

Additionally, you'll need the following packages on your host machine:

  • pycryptodomex (for PyWii)
  • libpng headers (libpng-dev)
  • gettext
  • sox

The build process has only been tested on Linux. You're on your own if you want to try building this on OSX or Windows.

First run 'make' in wiipax, then 'make' in channel. You'll find a .wad file that you can install or directly run with Dolphin under channel/title/channel_retail.wad. You'll also find executable binaries under channel/channelapp, but be advised that the NAND save file / theme storage features won't work properly if HBC isn't launched as a channel with its correct title identity/permissions.

License

Unless otherwise noted in an individual file header, all source code in this repository is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. The full text of the license can be found in the COPYING file.