How To Install usbmuxd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbmuxd in Fedora 36. usbmuxd is Daemon for communicating with Apple’s iOS devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbmuxd on Fedora 36.

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usbmuxd.

Install usbmuxd on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install usbmuxd

Install usbmuxd on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

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

sudo dnf remove usbmuxd

usbmuxd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/ee68531f968299335c44020a395ec0191b4bf4
/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

usbmuxd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbmuxd on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).