How To Install libimobiledevice on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice on Rocky Linux 8. libimobiledevice is Library for connecting to mobile devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libimobiledevice

libimobiledevice is a library for connecting to mobile devices including phones and music players

We can use yum or dnf to install libimobiledevice on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libimobiledevice.

Install libimobiledevice on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libimobiledevice using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libimobiledevice

Install libimobiledevice on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libimobiledevice using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libimobiledevice

How To Uninstall libimobiledevice on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libimobiledevice

libimobiledevice Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/b9c8bf7a36415238bf76a76c34e98ef8e931e0
/usr/lib64/libimobiledevice.so.6
/usr/lib64/libimobiledevice.so.6.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/README
/usr/share/licenses/libimobiledevice
/usr/share/licenses/libimobiledevice/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/5520a3ef0304260535614bc0bdc0bb85771368
/usr/lib/libimobiledevice.so.6
/usr/lib/libimobiledevice.so.6.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/README
/usr/share/licenses/libimobiledevice
/usr/share/licenses/libimobiledevice/COPYING.LESSER

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.