Can I convert a dmg file to iso in terminal?

Question

I use dmg2img to convert a dmg file. What package will convert a dmg 2 iso?

score 34 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '14 at 17:24

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Follow the steps below.

Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get install dmg2img

Once installed, run the following command:

dmg2img <file_name>.dmg

That will convert the .dmg to ,img file in ISO format. Then just run

mv <file_name>.img <file_name>.iso

answered Jun 05 '14 at 17:24

Mitch

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I'm pretty sure this leaves you with an apple img file; file InstallESD.iso returns Apple Driver Map, and I can't open it as an iso. – bukzor Feb 28 '15 at 20:57
What are you using to open the ISO file? – Mitch Mar 01 '15 at 04:53
@bukzor works fine for me with sudo mount file.iso emptydirectoryname. – Wildcard Oct 20 '18 at 03:08

Frank AFRIAT · Answer 2 · 2017-07-03T08:16:59.057

In order to convert the dmg to iso you need:

1) Convert the dmg to img using dmg2img

you can install it using: sudo apt-get install dmg2img

Then (if your dmg is named image.dmg in the current folder):

dmg2img image.dmg image.img

2) To mount the img

mkdir /media/image

sudo modprobe hfsplus

sudo mount -t hfsplus -o loop image.img /media/image

3) To burn the files in /media/image coming from the mount to an iso file:

You may use brasero for that step. You can install it using:

sudo apt-get install brasero

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