Is there a PPA available for the most recent libimobiledevice 1.2 version with support for iOS 8 or can someone explain how to build it from source without messing up everything?
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libimobiledevice
Using the GitHub repository.
Bear in mind, each step works only if the previous step was successful.
Clone the repository
mkdir -p ~/src
cd ~/src
git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice.git
cd libimobiledevice
Install the necessary development libraries
You may need more libraries or header packages as listed below. You will see this if you have error messages during the configuration step later. Add a comment if you have problems.
sudo apt-get install libusbmuxd-dev libplist-dev libplist++-dev libgnutls-dev libssl-dev python-dev
Install some additional software
The following software is needed to prepare the software for compilation and then compile it.
sudo apt-get install usbmuxd make automake autoconf libtool pkg-config gcc
Install optional software
The following software is used to make parts of the finished package a run faster and create documentation.
sudo apt-get install cython doxygen
Install an installation helper
Checkinstall creates a debian package so the software is managed by the package manager.
sudo apt-get install checkinstall
Configure and build
./autogen.sh
make
Install
With the command below, a deb package with the name libimobiledevice will be created and installed.
sudo checkinstall
You will see this warning:
checkinstall 1.6.2, Copyright 2009 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
This software is released under the GNU GPL.
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**** Debian package creation selected ***
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*** Warning: The package version "1.2.1
1.2.1
1.2.1
1.2.1
1.2.1
1.2.1
1.2.1
1.2.1
1.2.1
1.2.1" is not a
*** Warning: debian policy compliant one. Please specify an alternate one
This package will be built according to these values:
0 - Maintainer: [ root@aboettger-VirtualBox ]
1 - Summary: [ Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2 ]
2 - Name: [ libimobiledevice ]
3 - Version: [ ]
4 - Release: [ 1 ]
5 - License: [ GPL ]
6 - Group: [ checkinstall ]
7 - Architecture: [ i386 ]
8 - Source location: [ libimobiledevice ]
9 - Alternate source location: [ ]
10 - Requires: [ ]
11 - Provides: [ libimobiledevice ]
12 - Conflicts: [ ]
13 - Replaces: [ ]
Simply press 3 and type 1.2.1 and Enter
Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 3
Enter new version:
>> 1.2.1
Check the installed files
dpkg -L libimobiledevice
and you will see something like this
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/README
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevice_id.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicenotificationproxy.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicepair.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/ideviceprovision.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/ideviceimagemounter.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicedebug.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicename.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicebackup.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicedebugserverproxy.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/ideviceenterrecovery.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicecrashreport.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/ideviceinfo.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/Makefile.in
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/Makefile.am
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicescreenshot.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicedate.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicesyslog.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicediagnostics.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/docs/idevicebackup2.1
/usr/share/doc/libimobiledevice/COPYING
/usr/local
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/bin/idevicepair
/usr/local/bin/idevicename
/usr/local/bin/ideviceinfo
/usr/local/bin/idevicebackup2
/usr/local/bin/ideviceprovision
/usr/local/bin/idevicecrashreport
/usr/local/bin/ideviceimagemounter
/usr/local/bin/idevice_id
/usr/local/bin/idevicenotificationproxy
/usr/local/bin/ideviceenterrecovery
/usr/local/bin/idevicescreenshot
/usr/local/bin/idevicediagnostics
/usr/local/bin/idevicedebug
/usr/local/bin/idevicebackup
/usr/local/bin/idevicedebugserverproxy
/usr/local/bin/idevicesyslog
/usr/local/bin/idevicedate
/usr/local/lib
/usr/local/lib/libimobiledevice.la
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libimobiledevice-1.0.pc
/usr/local/lib/libimobiledevice.so.6.0.0
/usr/local/lib/libimobiledevice.a
/usr/local/share
/usr/local/share/man
/usr/local/share/man/man1
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicebackup2.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/ideviceprovision.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicebackup.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicecrashreport.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevice_id.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/ideviceenterrecovery.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/ideviceimagemounter.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicename.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicescreenshot.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicedebug.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicenotificationproxy.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicedebugserverproxy.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicedate.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/ideviceinfo.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicesyslog.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicediagnostics.1.gz
/usr/local/share/man/man1/idevicepair.1.gz
/usr/local/include
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/syslog_relay.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/lockdown.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/diagnostics_relay.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/screenshotr.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/property_list_service.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/installation_proxy.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/restore.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/file_relay.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/mobile_image_mounter.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/mobilebackup2.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/afc.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/service.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/webinspector.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/heartbeat.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/mobilesync.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/misagent.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/debugserver.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/mobilebackup.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/house_arrest.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/sbservices.h
/usr/local/include/libimobiledevice/notification_proxy.h
/usr/local/lib/libimobiledevice.so
/usr/local/lib/libimobiledevice.so.6
