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Bash script to build and install libimobiledevice, usbmuxd, and related iOS device libraries from source on Debian/Ubuntu systems.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # @version: 2026-02-14 | |
| # @usage: ./linux_imobiledevice.sh | |
| # @permission: sudo | |
| # Exit script on any error | |
| set -euo pipefail | |
| # Install necessary packages and dependencies | |
| sudo apt update | |
| sudo apt install -y \ | |
| autoconf \ | |
| automake \ | |
| build-essential \ | |
| checkinstall \ | |
| cython3 \ | |
| doxygen \ | |
| git \ | |
| libcurl4-openssl-dev \ | |
| libfuse3-dev \ | |
| libreadline-dev \ | |
| libssl-dev \ | |
| libtatsu-dev \ | |
| libtool \ | |
| libtool-bin \ | |
| libusb-1.0-0-dev \ | |
| libxml2-dev \ | |
| libzip-dev \ | |
| pkg-config \ | |
| systemd \ | |
| udev \ | |
| zlib1g-dev \ | |
| usbmuxd \ | |
| gcc | |
| # List of interdependencies | |
| # - libplist () | |
| # - libtatsu (libplist) | |
| # - libimobiledevice-glue (libplist) | |
| # - libusbmuxd (libplist, libimobiledevice-glue) | |
| # - libimobiledevice (libplist, libusbmuxd, libimobiledevice-glue, libtatsu) | |
| # - libirecovery (libimobiledevice-glue) | |
| # - idevicerestore (libplist, libimobiledevice, libimobiledevice-glue, libtatsu) | |
| # - usbmuxd (libplist, libusbmuxd, libimobiledevice, libimobiledevice-glue) | |
| # - ideviceinstaller (libplist, libimobiledevice) | |
| # - ifuse (libplist, libimobiledevice) | |
| # - libideviceactivation (libplist, libimobiledevice) | |
| # List of libraries to clone, build, and install | |
| libraries=('libplist' 'libtatsu' 'libimobiledevice-glue' 'libusbmuxd' 'libimobiledevice' 'libirecovery' 'idevicerestore' 'usbmuxd' 'ideviceinstaller' 'ifuse' 'libideviceactivation') | |
| # Loop through each library, clone, build and install | |
| for library in "${libraries[@]}"; do | |
| # Clone the library from GitHub | |
| git clone "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/$library" | |
| pushd "$library" | |
| # Run autogen to generate configuration scripts, then build and install the library | |
| ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local --enable-debug --without-cython | |
| make | |
| sudo make install | |
| sudo ldconfig | |
| popd | |
| # Clean up the cloned repository to save space | |
| rm -rf "$library" | |
| done | |
| #sudo modprobe fuse | |
| #sudo adduser "$USER" fuse | |
| echo 'All libraries installed successfully.' |
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