How To Install libusbmuxd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libusbmuxd on Rocky Linux 8. libusbmuxd is Client library USB multiplex daemon for Apple’s iOS devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libusbmuxd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libusbmuxd

libusbmuxd is the client library used for communicating with Apple’s iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV devices. It allows multiple services on the device to be accessed simultaneously.

We can use yum or dnf to install libusbmuxd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libusbmuxd.

Install libusbmuxd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libusbmuxd

Install libusbmuxd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libusbmuxd

How To Uninstall libusbmuxd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libusbmuxd

libusbmuxd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/b48e94aa3e4b4db9393f2192f4aff1d6225587
/usr/lib/libusbmuxd.so.4
/usr/lib/libusbmuxd.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libusbmuxd
/usr/share/doc/libusbmuxd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusbmuxd/README
/usr/share/licenses/libusbmuxd
/usr/share/licenses/libusbmuxd/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/d7e99ec41ad57a47839460429f7690c53e7f48
/usr/lib64/libusbmuxd.so.4
/usr/lib64/libusbmuxd.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libusbmuxd
/usr/share/doc/libusbmuxd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusbmuxd/README
/usr/share/licenses/libusbmuxd
/usr/share/licenses/libusbmuxd/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libusbmuxd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.