How To Install libusbmuxd.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libusbmuxd.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libusbmuxd.i686 is Client library USB multiplex daemon for Apple’s iOS devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libusbmuxd.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libusbmuxd.i686`

libusbmuxd is the client library used for communicating with Apple’s iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV devices. It allows multiple services on the device to be accessed simultaneously.

We can use yum to install libusbmuxd.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libusbmuxd.i686.

Install libusbmuxd.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libusbmuxd.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libusbmuxd.i686

How To Uninstall libusbmuxd.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libusbmuxd.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libusbmuxd.i686

libusbmuxd.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libusbmuxd.so.4
/usr/lib/libusbmuxd.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libusbmuxd-1.0.10
/usr/share/doc/libusbmuxd-1.0.10/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusbmuxd-1.0.10/README
/usr/share/licenses/libusbmuxd-1.0.10
/usr/share/licenses/libusbmuxd-1.0.10/COPYING

References

libusbmuxd.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libusbmuxd.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.