Comments on: iPod touch 3G sync over USB without jailbraking in Ubuntu karmic

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:31:05 +0000

“….The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgpod-dev: Depends: libimobiledevice-dev but it is not going to be installed
libimobiledevice0: Conflicts: libiphone0 but 0.9.4-1ubuntu3~k is to be installed
E: Broken packages….”

ok I had the same problem. The solution is very simple tho If the packages dont want to install in terminal try installing them one by one in Package Manager. Try to reintall and upegrage all the conflict ones..let me know if it worked…

By: Ipod Man

Ipod Man — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:50:16 +0000

Thanks for this guide man. It works great. The only reason I still have windows on my pc is for itunes but now, GOOD BYE VISTA!

Thanks heaps.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:59:15 +0000

There are a few issues with the install of the above packages.

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgpod-dev: Depends: libimobiledevice-dev but it is not going to be installed
libimobiledevice0: Conflicts: libiphone0 but 0.9.4-1ubuntu3~k is to be installed
E: Broken packages

And after omitting that package from the lineup…

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libimobiledevice0: Conflicts: libiphone0 but 0.9.4-1ubuntu3~k is to be installed
E: Broken packages

By: Zhong

Zhong — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:00:52 +0000

Well never mind, I’ve resolved this issue with a friendly user online. Thanks for tutorial anyways even though its flawed.

By: Zhong

Zhong — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:39:38 +0000

Hi, I’m still bewildered by your tutorial above, does this method only works for iphone 3G? I highly doubt that its currently accessible with ipod touch 3G, I’ve try to mount the device and create the directory but mkdir said that it the mount location doesn’t exist. This probably seemed that the tutorial above is giving me an example of what mount location it current is located but I’m not so sure that it works for all users. I’m pretty postive that there’re other tutorial that require less steps that still produce the same result and I don’t see no difference between other method than this?
My device is currently mounted on my desktop like usual but the when I typed in /mnt/ it said mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/ipod/iTunes_Control/Device/’: No such file or directory; it’s true that there’s nothing on the mnt folder. It may seem surreal that there’s nothing on it but maybe the device is currently mounted directly to the desktop instead on folder.

By: tora201

tora201 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:55:29 +0000

All working here! Great!

By: Bedeebe

Bedeebe — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:03:01 +0000

I got this error when running “ipod-read-sysinfo-extended a048f5a419d6b7bffdc3d6b7e0939465bf8ab622 /mnt/ipod/”:

Couldn’t read xml sysinfo from a048f5a419d6b7bffdc3d6b7e0939465bf8ab622

How do I get past this step?

Thanks!
Bedebe

By: Zhong

Zhong — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:33:59 +0000

Hi, I’m still confused by your tutorial, how do I prepare the directory? It said that the file cannot be found and the ipod is mounted on the desktop. Does anyone know the solution?

By: J.R. Buckley

J.R. Buckley — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:18:59 +0000

Thanks for this tutorial. It’s the only one I’ve found online that actually worked for me! I’m running Linux Mint 8 Helena.

By: lostparadise

lostparadise — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:32:27 +0000

Hi, I’m using iphone3Gs and Karmic but got stuck in the step ‘$ ifuse /mnt/ipod/’.
The following message is displayed ‘No iPhone found, is it connected?
If it is make sure that your user has permissions to access the raw usb device.
If you’re still having issues try unplugging the device and reconnecting it.’
What shall I do?

By: John

John — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:58:50 +0000

Hi, dear friends, I’ve resolve my last issue thanks for your assistance. However, I’ve yet encounter another subsequent matter with adding the music files to the device, which had sync successfully. I’ve installed Rhythmbox and attempting to put the folder in the device but it drew no success. I dragged the file but it won’t reach to the device’s playist. Any solution would be helpful and thanks for those who replied to this message.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:15:48 +0000

Hi mates,

As for fixing the bug with the broken package, follow the description:

http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8833828

Cheers

By: John

John — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:03:29 +0000

Hi, this is great news toward Linux users and I greatly thank you for posting this tutorial online so everyone can share thier knowledge. Yes, I’ve followed the steps but a novice as myself struck upon a issue that involves with the packages. My computer had problems with installing the packages described, libiphone0 can’t be installed due to unmet dependencies so is there any solution to this matter?

By: Trigan

Trigan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:43:33 +0000

Hi there,

thanks for the nice tutorial, my Iphone 3GS (OS3.0) was mounting right away after the reboot. I can see all my Iphone music files and videos in rhytmbox now and play them and even with GTKPod it works.
I also can drag files into the Iphone icon and I see a little status bar on the lower right announcing that the file is now copied to the Ihone.
So far so good. However:

I can not see the file I just copied in Rhytmbox under the Iphone file list even though it was just copied there.

When I searh the Iphone with something like vlc4iphone where I can see into the folder structure there is a folder iPod_Control/Music/F00 - F49 which contains the file
There is another folder called iTunes_Control/Music/F00 - F49

where all the other music is, the file is not in this folder.

It is not shown in the Ipod application on the iphone…

What now

I use Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

I would be grateful for any hint

By: Matt Brooks

Matt Brooks — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:07:06 +0000

i can see my ipod in rhythmbox and am able to transfer songs FROM THE IPOD to the computer but whenever i try to add songs to a specific playlist on the ipod it doesnt add.. any ideas why?

--i have the ipod touch 3rd generation

By: John R

John R — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:25:35 +0000

I’m using an iPod Touch 8GB (2nd Gen)

Well, after getting the iPod set up in iTunes FIRST, and adding some video and audio to it - it works a charm in both Rhythmbox and gtkPod.

RhythmBox mainly for easy music use (it automatically transcodes audio into MP3 onto the iPod) and gtkpod for the video and photos.

GtkPod does seem slower, but it is doing a fair bit I suppose.

Oh, and I am able to delete tracks from the RhythmBox interface.

Setting up cover art is bliss in RhythmBox - and if there is no cover art on the iPod - just playing a track from an album will make RB sync the artwork automatically.

Praise be that I’ll have to use iTunes much less now! Thanks for the guide - it was heavy going at some points, and I almost gave up. Just try to get the file structure created by iTunes and remember to reset your PC and iPod and you should be good to go.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:49:35 +0000

Any thoughts?

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:49:15 +0000

Mines real screwed up pretty bad. When I get to the update manager.
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libusbmuxd1_1.0.1-0ubuntu1~k_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite ‘/usr/lib/libusbmuxd.so.1.0.0′, which is also in package libusbmux0 0
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/usbmuxd_1.0.1-0ubuntu1~k_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite ‘/usr/sbin/usbmuxd’, which is also in package libusbmux0 0

By: Tim Inman

Tim Inman — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:28:50 +0000

I had it mounting but not updating songs in Rhythmbox. The fix ended up being completely reformatting my iPhone through the settings on the phone.

By: hanuman

hanuman — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:42:14 +0000

iphone 3g & karmic - works great can drag songs to and from rhythm box

thats amazing, now i only need vmware windows for sketchup

thanks!