How To Install ideviceinstaller-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ideviceinstaller-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ideviceinstaller-dbg
ideviceinstaller-dbg is:
ideviceinstaller is a tool to interact with the installation_proxy of an iDevice allowing to install, upgrade, uninstall, archive, restore, and enumerate installed or archived applications.
It makes use of the libimobiledevice library that allows communication with the devices.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install ideviceinstaller-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ideviceinstaller-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ideviceinstaller-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ideviceinstaller-dbg
Install ideviceinstaller-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ideviceinstaller-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ideviceinstaller-dbg
Install ideviceinstaller-dbg Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ideviceinstaller-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ideviceinstaller-dbg
How To Uninstall ideviceinstaller-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ideviceinstaller-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ideviceinstaller-dbg
Uninstall ideviceinstaller-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ideviceinstaller-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ideviceinstaller-dbg
Remove ideviceinstaller-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove ideviceinstaller-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ideviceinstaller-dbg
Remove ideviceinstaller-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ideviceinstaller-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ideviceinstaller-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ideviceinstaller-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
