libimobiledevice-msys64

Compile libimobiledevice with windows MSYS2.

Usage

Documentation about using the library in your application is not available yet. The "hacker way" for now is to look at the implementation of the included utilities.

Utilities

The library bundles the following command-line utilities in the tools directory:

Utility	Description
idevice_id	List attached devices or print device name of given device
idevicebackup	Create or restore backup for devices (legacy)
idevicebackup2	Create or restore backups for devices running iOS 4 or later
idevicecrashreport	Retrieve crash reports from a device
idevicedate	Display the current date or set it on a device
idevicedebug	Interact with the debugserver service of a device
idevicedebugserverproxy	Proxy a debugserver connection from a device for remote debugging
idevicediagnostics	Interact with the diagnostics interface of a device
ideviceenterrecovery	Make a device enter recovery mode
ideviceimagemounter	Mount disk images on the device
ideviceinfo	Show information about a connected device
idevicename	Display or set the device name
idevicenotificationproxy	Post or observe notifications on a device
idevicepair	Manage host pairings with devices and usbmuxd
ideviceprovision	Manage provisioning profiles on a device
idevicescreenshot	Gets a screenshot from the connected device
idevicesetlocation	Simulate location on device
idevicesyslog	Relay syslog of a connected device
ideviceinstaller	Interact with the app installation service of an iOS device

Please consult the usage information or manual pages of each utility for a documentation of available command line options and usage examples like this:

ideviceinfo --help
man ideviceinfo

How to Build

MSYS2 / windows10

First install MSYS2 launch mingw64.exe

Next all required dependencies and build tools:

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-libzip mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-autotools git

Then clone the actual project repository:

git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist.git
git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice-glue.git
git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libusbmuxd.git
git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice.git
git clone https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ideviceinstaller.git

Build and install in the respective actual project repository.

cd libplist
./autogen.sh
make
make install
cd ../libimobiledevice-glue
./autogen.sh
make
make install
cd ../libusbmuxd
./autogen.sh
make
make install
cd ../libimobiledevice
./autogen.sh
make
make install
cd ../ideviceinstaller
./autogen.sh
make
make install

An executable file will be generated in C:\msys64\mingw64\bin