How To Install libimobiledevice6 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice6
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libimobiledevice6
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libimobiledevice6
Remove libimobiledevice6 Configurations and Data
To remove libimobiledevice6
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimobiledevice6
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.