How To Install libimobiledevice on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice on CentOS 7. libimobiledevice is Library for connecting to mobile devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice on CentOS 7.

What is libimobiledevice

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

We can use yum or dnf to install libimobiledevice on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libimobiledevice.

Install libimobiledevice on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libimobiledevice

Install libimobiledevice on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install libimobiledevice

How To Uninstall libimobiledevice on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libimobiledevice

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.