How To Install libimobiledevice-utils on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice-utils on Ubuntu.

What is `libimobiledevice-utils`

libimobiledevice-utils is:

This package contains various utilities to interact with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, like:

idevice_id: List attached devices or print device name of given device
idevicebackup: Create or restore backup for devices (legacy)
idevicebackup2: Create or restore backups for devices running iOS 4 or later
idevicecrashreport: Retrieve crash reports from a device
idevicedate: Display the current date or set it on a device
idevicedebug: Interact with the debugserver service of a device
idevicedebugserverproxy: Proxy a debugserver connection from a device for remote debugging
idevicediagnostics: Interact with the diagnostics interface of a device
ideviceenterrecovery: Make a device enter recovery mode
ideviceimagemounter: Mount disk images on the device
ideviceinfo: Show information about a connected device
idevicename: Display or set the device name
idevicenotificationproxy: Post or observe notifications on a device
idevicepair: Manage host pairings with devices and usbmuxd
ideviceprovision: Manage provisioning profiles on a device
idevicescreenshot: Gets a screenshot from the connected device
idevicesetlocation: Simulate location on device
idevicesyslog: Relay syslog of a connected device

There are three methods to install libimobiledevice-utils on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libimobiledevice-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libimobiledevice-utils

Install libimobiledevice-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libimobiledevice-utils

Install libimobiledevice-utils Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libimobiledevice-utils

How To Uninstall libimobiledevice-utils on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libimobiledevice-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libimobiledevice-utils

Uninstall libimobiledevice-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libimobiledevice-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libimobiledevice-utils

Remove libimobiledevice-utils Configurations and Data

To remove libimobiledevice-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libimobiledevice-utils

Remove libimobiledevice-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libimobiledevice-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libimobiledevice-utils

Dependencies

libimobiledevice-utils have the following dependencies:

References

libimobiledevice-utils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice-utils package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.