libimobiledevice-install-from-source.md

Install libimobiledevice from source

MacOS

If you are already install from the package manger like Homebrew, remove it first

brew uninstall ideviceinstaller
brew uninstall --force libimobiledevice

Newly install from source

brew install --HEAD --build-from-source libimobiledevice

Linux

If you are already install from the package manager like api, remove it first

sudo apt remove libimobiledevice-utils

Install essential tools

sudo apt-get install \
	build-essential \
	checkinstall \
	git \
	autoconf \
	automake \
	libtool-bin

Install libplist from https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist

git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist.git
cd libplist

Build and install

./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install

Test

plistutil -h

If error while loading shared libraries: occur, run the following command

sudo ldconfig

Install libimobiledevice-glue from https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice-glue

git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice-glue.git
cd libimobiledevice-glue

Build and install

./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install

Install libusbmuxd from https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libusbmuxd

git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libusbmuxd.git
cd libusbmuxd

Build and install

./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install

Test

iproxy -h

If error while loading shared libraries: occur, run the following command

sudo ldconfig

Install libimobiledevice from https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice

git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice.git
cd libimobiledevice

Build and install

./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install

Test

ideviceinfo -h

If error while loading shared libraries: occur, run the following command

sudo ldconfig