How To Install libimobiledevice-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice-utils on Kali Linux.
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 Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libimobiledevice-utilsInstall libimobiledevice-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libimobiledevice-utilsInstall libimobiledevice-utils Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libimobiledevice-utilsHow To Uninstall libimobiledevice-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libimobiledevice-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libimobiledevice-utilsUninstall libimobiledevice-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libimobiledevice-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libimobiledevice-utilsRemove libimobiledevice-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libimobiledevice-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libimobiledevice-utilsRemove 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-utilsDependencies
libimobiledevice-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
