How To Install libimobiledevice-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libimobiledevice-dev
libimobiledevice-dev is:
libimobiledevice is a library that talks the native Apple USB protocols that the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch use. Unlike other projects, libimobiledevice does not depend on using any existing libraries from Apple.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libimobiledevice-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libimobiledevice-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libimobiledevice-dev
Install libimobiledevice-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libimobiledevice-dev
Install libimobiledevice-dev 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 libimobiledevice-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libimobiledevice-dev
How To Uninstall libimobiledevice-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libimobiledevice-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libimobiledevice-dev
Uninstall libimobiledevice-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libimobiledevice-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libimobiledevice-dev
Remove libimobiledevice-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libimobiledevice-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libimobiledevice-dev
Remove libimobiledevice-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libimobiledevice-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libimobiledevice-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.