How To Install libimobiledevice6 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libimobiledevice6 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libimobiledevice6 is Library for communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice6 on Debian 10.

What is libimobiledevice6

libimobiledevice6 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.

There are three methods to install libimobiledevice6 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libimobiledevice6 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libimobiledevice6

Install libimobiledevice6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libimobiledevice6

Install libimobiledevice6 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libimobiledevice6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libimobiledevice6

How To Uninstall libimobiledevice6 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libimobiledevice6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libimobiledevice6

Uninstall libimobiledevice6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libimobiledevice6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libimobiledevice6

Remove libimobiledevice6 Configurations and Data

To remove libimobiledevice6 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libimobiledevice6

Remove libimobiledevice6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libimobiledevice6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libimobiledevice6

Dependencies

libimobiledevice6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice6 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.