How To Install usbmuxd on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbmuxd on Fedora 34.
What is usbmuxd
usbmuxd is a daemon used for communicating with Apple’s iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV devices. It allows multiple services on the device to be accessed simultaneously.
We can use yum or dnf to install usbmuxd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usbmuxd.
Install usbmuxd on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install usbmuxd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install usbmuxd
Install usbmuxd on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install usbmuxd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install usbmuxd
How To Uninstall usbmuxd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the usbmuxd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove usbmuxd
usbmuxd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/d1e59346fabe4142155975e151514dad4e28f4
/usr/lib/systemd/system/usbmuxd.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/39-usbmuxd.rules
/usr/sbin/usbmuxd
/usr/share/doc/usbmuxd
/usr/share/doc/usbmuxd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/usbmuxd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/usbmuxd
/usr/share/licenses/usbmuxd/COPYING.GPLv2
/usr/share/licenses/usbmuxd/COPYING.GPLv3
/usr/share/man/man8/usbmuxd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbmuxd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
