ideviceinstaller(1)

✨ NAME ✨

ideviceinstaller — manage apps on iOS devices, bestie 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ideviceinstaller [OPTIONS]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so basically this little icon lets you enumerate, install, upgrade, and uninstall apps on iOS devices. that's the whole vibe. apps in, apps out, apps listed. slay 🎀

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💖 COMMANDS 💖

• list — list the installed apps on the device. it's giving inventory. options for days:
  • --user — only list user apps (the ones installed by the user). this is the default, so if you do nothing you already get this 💅
  • --system — only list system apps (the ones that come from the system firmware).
  • --all — list every type of app. no filter, no judgement, all of them 🫶
  • --xml — print the output as an XML Property List.
  • -a, --attribute ATTR — pick which attribute to return. you can pass this argument multiple times. if you skip it and --xml is not specified, the defaults are CFBundleIdentifier, CFBundleShortVersionString, and CFBundleDisplayName. the attributes live in the app's Info.plist, but some extra ones exist too. some examples:
    • StaticDiskUsage — disk usage of installed app
    • DynamicDiskUsage — app user data disk usage
    • Path — app installation location
    • SignerIdentity — code signing identity

NOTE: it is suggested to always add CFBundleIdentifier to allow unique identification of the apps. fr fr, don't skip it 🙈

• -b, --bundle-identifier BUNDLEID — only query the given bundle identifier. you can pass this one multiple times too.

• install PATH — install an app from a package file specified by PATH. and get this: PATH can also be a .ipcc file for carrier bundle installation, or a .app directory for developer app installation. versatile queen 👑
  • -s, --sinf PATH — pass an external SINF file located at PATH.
  • -m, --metadata PATH — pass an external iTunesMetadata file located at PATH.
• uninstall BUNDLEID — uninstall the app specified by BUNDLEID. bye bestie 💀
• upgrade PATH — upgrade an app from a package file specified by PATH.

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💀 LEGACY COMMANDS 💀

heads up: the following commands are non-functional with iOS 7 or later. like, they simply do not work anymore. museum pieces. artifacts. we still document them because history is important 😭

• archive BUNDLEID — archive the app specified by BUNDLEID. options:
  • --uninstall — uninstall the package after making an archive
  • --app_only — archive application data only
  • --docs_only — archive documents (user data) only
  • --copy=PATH — copy the app archive to directory PATH when done
  • --remove — only valid when copy=PATH is used: remove after copy
• restore BUNDLEID — restore the archived app specified by BUNDLEID.
• list-archives — list the archived apps on the device. options:
  • --xml — print output as XML Property List.
• remove-archive BUNDLEID — remove the app archive specified by BUNDLEID.

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -u, --udid UDID — target a specific device by UDID. main character energy only 🎯
• -n, --network — connect to a network device. wifi girlies rise 🌈
• -w, --notify-wait — wait for the app installed/uninstalled notification before reporting success of the operation. patience is a virtue, periodt ⭐
• -h, --help — print usage information.
• -d, --debug — enable communication debugging. for when you need to see everything 👀
• -v, --version — print version information.

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

• Nikias Bassen
• Martin Szulecki

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🌐 ON THE WEB 🌐

• https://libimobiledevice.org
• https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ideviceinstaller

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this was ideviceinstaller(1) from the General Commands Manual — section 1, as always, no cap. go install something cute 💖✨🎀🦋🌸