iPhone syncing on Linux

[satimis]

Hi folks,

IPhone 3GS
iTune 9
KVM - Virtualization software
Host - Debian 5.0
VM - Debian 5.0/Utunto 9.04


Since iTune 9 can't work properly on wine. I'm prepared to make IPhone communicating with Linux according to following document;

iPhone syncing on Linux
Abort, Retry, Hack? Blog Archive iPhone syncing on Linux

It requires following packages;

libusb
usbmuxd
libiphone
iFuse
gvfs-backend-afc


I'll install above packages on VM. However I can't find them on repo. Please advise where can I download their binary package? Otherwise I have to download their compressed tarballs.

Is there any way to convert tar.bz2 to rpm/deb so that I can install the later with dpkg?

Another question is if they are running on VM(client, NOT host), can IPhone be detected via USB connection

TIA

B.R.
satimis

[reed9]

libusb 1.0 is available with Ubuntu Karmic.

There is an Ubuntu PPA for with Jaunty and Karmic packages for usbmux, libiphone, and ifuse.

gvfs with afc support you might have to build from upstream.

[reed9]

Oh hey this site suggests you can just add the PPA repos.
How to connect iPhone/iPod Touch (Using USB) in Karmic/Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy|Ubuntu Geek

EDIT: And USB support under Virtualbox: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox/USB

[satimis]

Oh hey this site suggests you can just add the PPA repos.
How to connect iPhone/iPod Touch (Using USB) in Karmic/Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy|Ubuntu Geek

EDIT: And USB support under Virtualbox: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox/USB

Hi reed9,

Thanks for your advice and URL.

I have installed iFuse on a VM of a Virtual Machine running Ubuntu9.04 according to the article on the URL. The installation went through without difficult.

vm20:~$ which ifuse

/usr/bin/ifuse

Plugin the IPhone 3GS via an USB cord. It can be detected by the host which is running Debian5.0. Photo and video can be download from the IPhone to the host without problem.

On the VM
vm20:~$ /usr/bin/ifuse

ERROR: No mount point specified

I have no idea how to mount the IPhone on the VM. Any advice? TIA


B.R.
satimis

[satimis]

Hi folks,

I install iFuse on an Ubunutu 8.04 desktop according to following articles;

Ubuntu Linux Tutorials,Howtos,Tips & News | Intrepid,Jaunty,Karmic
How to connect iPhone/iPod Touch (Using USB) in Karmic/Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy|Ubuntu Geek

Plugin the IPhone 3GS via USB cord.

satimis@vz0:~$ sudo usbmuxd
satimis@vz0:~$ sudo ifuse /media/iphone/

Now it mounts the IPhone 3GS.


satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/

com.apple.itdbprep.postprocess.lock  Downloads       Podcasts
com.apple.itunes.lock_sync           iTunes_Control  Purchases
DCIM                                 Photos          Recordings

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/DCIM/

100APPLE

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/DCIM/100APPLE/

IMG_0002.JPG  IMG_0003.JPG  IMG_0005.MOV  IMG_0006.JPG

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/Downloads/
No output


satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/

iTunes  Music  Ringtones

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/iTunes/

IC-Info.sidv         iTunesLock         ShowLicense
iTunesControl        iTunesPrefs        ShowMarketing
iTunes Library.itlp  iTunesPrefs.plist  ShowRegistration

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/iTunes/iTunes\ Library.itlp/

DBTemp        Extras.itdb   Locations.itdb
Dynamic.itdb  Library.itdb  Locations.itdb.cbk
satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/iTunes/iTunes\ Library.itlp/DBTemp/
Backup  ddd.itdbm

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/iTunes/iTunes\ Library.itlp/DBTemp/Backup/

iTunes_Control

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/iTunes/iTunes\ Library.itlp/DBTemp/Backup/iTunes_Control/

iTunes

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/iTunes/iTunes\ Library.itlp/DBTemp/Backup/iTunes_Control/iTunes/

iTunes Library.itlp

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/Music/

F00  F04  F08  F12  F16  F20  F24  F28  F32  F36  F40  F44  F48
F01  F05  F09  F13  F17  F21  F25  F29  F33  F37  F41  F45  F49
F02  F06  F10  F14  F18  F22  F26  F30  F34  F38  F42  F46
F03  F07  F11  F15  F19  F23  F27  F31  F35  F39  F43  F47

All of them are directories/folders

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/Music/F00/
satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/Music/F01/
satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/Music/F02/
satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/Music/F03/
satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/Music/F48/
satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/Music/F49/
I suppose all of them are empty directories


satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/Photos/
satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/Podcasts/
satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/Purchases/
All of them without output


satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/Recordings/

Recordings.db

satimis@vz0:~$ ls /media/iphone/iTunes_Control/Ringtones/
No output


No GUI. I think I can upload music/photo files on the IPhone.

What shall I do next? To copy music files to the IPhone on Console? .mp3 file? Or other file format?

Please advise. TIA

B.R.
satimis

[sk565]

Anyone know of any apps that dont charge you money for calls, that would be great great. there was some for windows but i dont know about linux

[satimis]

Anyone know of any apps that dont charge you money for calls, that would be great great. there was some for windows but i dont know about linux

I have lot of .mp3 files on my database. Additionally I have many .flv video files download on YouTube, etc. I have no problem to convert the latter to .mp3 format.

My question is whether copy those .mp3 file on IPhone? If YES on which directories/folds.

B.R.
satimis