Bash script to build and install libimobiledevice, usbmuxd, and related iOS device libraries from source on Debian/Ubuntu systems.

linux_imobiledevice.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Exit script on any error
set -e

# Install necessary packages and dependencies
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y \
	build-essential \
	checkinstall \
	git \
	git-lfs \
	autoconf \
	automake \
	libtool-bin \
	doxygen \
	cython3 \
	pkg-config \
	libplist-dev \
	libusbmuxd-dev \
	libimobiledevice-dev \
	libimobiledevice-glue-dev \
	libusb-1.0-0-dev \
	udev \
	systemd \
	libtatsu-dev \
	libssl-dev \
	usbmuxd \
	libreadline-dev \
	libcurl4-openssl-dev \
	libzip-dev \
	zlib1g-dev \
	libfuse3-dev \
	libxml2-dev \
	gcc

# List of libraries to clone, build, and install
libraries=('libplist' 'usbmuxd' 'libimobiledevice' 'libirecovery' 'ifuse' 'libtatsu' 'idevicerestore' 'libimobiledevice-glue' 'ideviceinstaller' 'libideviceactivation' 'libusbmuxd')

# 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
	
	popd

	# Clean up the cloned repository to save space
	rm -rf "$library"
done

# Update the dynamic linker run-time bindings
sudo ldconfig

echo 'All libraries installed successfully.'