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libimobiledevice-glue
Library with common code used by the libraries and tools around the libimobiledevice project.
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Features
The main functionality provided by this library are socket helper functions and a platform independent thread/mutex implementation. Besides that it comes with a number of string, file, and plist helper functions, as well as some other commonly used code that was originally duplicated in the dedicated projects.
Tested on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Projects using this library
Building
Prerequisites
You need to have a working compiler (gcc/clang) and development environent available. This project uses autotools for the build process, allowing to have common build steps across different platforms. Only the prerequisites differ and they are described in this section.
libimobiledevice-glue requires libplist. Check the Building section of the README on how to build it. Note that some platforms might have it as a package.
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu based)
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Install all required dependencies and build tools:
sudo apt-get install \ build-essential \ pkg-config \ checkinstall \ git \ autoconf \ automake \ libtool-bin \ libplist-dev
In case libplist-dev is not available, you can manually build and install it. See note above.
macOS
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Make sure the Xcode command line tools are installed. Then, use either MacPorts or Homebrew to install
automake
,autoconf
,libtool
, etc.Using MacPorts:
sudo port install libtool autoconf automake pkgconfig
Using Homebrew:
brew install libtool autoconf automake pkg-config
Windows
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Using MSYS2 is the official way of compiling this project on Windows. Download the MSYS2 installer and follow the installation steps.
It is recommended to use the MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit shell. Run it and make sure the required dependencies are installed:
pacman -S base-devel \ git \ mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc \ make \ libtool \ autoconf \ automake-wrapper \ pkg-config
NOTE: You can use a different shell and different compiler according to your needs. Adapt the above command accordingly.
Configuring the source tree
You can build the source code from a git checkout, or from a .tar.bz2
release tarball from Releases.
Before we can build it, the source tree has to be configured for building. The steps depend on where you got the source from.
Since libimobiledevice-glue depends on other packages, you should set the pkg-config environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH
accordingly. Make sure to use a path with the same prefix as the dependencies. If they are installed in /usr/local
you would do
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
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From git
If you haven't done already, clone the actual project repository and change into the directory.
git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice-glue cd libimobiledevice-glue
Configure the source tree for building:
./autogen.sh
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From release tarball (.tar.bz2)
When using an official release tarball (
libimobiledevice-glue-x.y.z.tar.bz2
) the procedure is slightly different.Extract the tarball:
tar xjf libimobiledevice-glue-x.y.z.tar.bz2 cd libimobiledevice-glue-x.y.z
Configure the source tree for building:
./configure
Both ./configure
and ./autogen.sh
(which generates and calls configure
) accept a few options, for example --prefix
to allow
building for a different target folder. You can simply pass them like this:
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local
or
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
Once the command is successful, the last few lines of output will look like this:
[...]
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
Configuration for libimobiledevice-glue 1.0.1:
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Install prefix: .........: /usr/local
Now type 'make' to build libimobiledevice-glue 1.0.1,
and then 'make install' for installation.
Building and installation
If you followed all the steps successfully, and autogen.sh
or configure
did not print any errors,
you are ready to build the project. This is simply done with
make
If no errors are emitted you are ready for installation. Depending on whether the current user has permissions to write to the destination directory or not, you would either run
make install
OR
sudo make install
If you are on Linux, you want to run sudo ldconfig
after installation to
make sure the installed libraries are made available.
Usage
This library is directly used by libusbmuxd, libimobiledevice, etc., so there is no need to do anything in particular. Feel free to use it in your project, check the header files for available functions. A documentation might be added later.
Contributing
We welcome contributions from anyone and are grateful for every pull request!
If you'd like to contribute, please fork the master
branch, change, commit and
send a pull request for review. Once approved it can be merged into the main
code base.
If you plan to contribute larger changes or a major refactoring, please create a ticket first to discuss the idea upfront to ensure less effort for everyone.
Please make sure your contribution adheres to:
- Try to follow the code style of the project
- Commit messages should describe the change well without being too short
- Try to split larger changes into individual commits of a common domain
Links
- Homepage: https://libimobiledevice.org/
- Repository: https://git.libimobiledevice.org/libimobiledevice-glue.git
- Repository (Mirror): https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice-glue.git
- Issue Tracker: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice-glue/issues
- Mailing List: https://lists.libimobiledevice.org/mailman/listinfo/libimobiledevice-devel
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/libimobiledev
License
This library is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1,
also included in the repository in the COPYING
file.
Credits
Apple, iPhone, iPad, iPod, iPod Touch, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Mac, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc.
This project is an independent software library and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc.
README Updated on: 2024-02-21