libimobiledevice-glue
brew install libimobiledevice-glue
v1.3.2
LGPL-2.1-or-later
Shared C library providing common system API utilities for libimobiledevice iOS device communication.
Why you might care
This is a build/runtime dependency for libimobiledevice and related tools that communicate with iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, Apple TV) natively on Linux and other non-Apple platforms. You need it if you're building software that interacts with iOS hardware or installing libimobiledevice itself.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://libimobiledevice.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libimobiledevice-glue.rb
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