libusbmuxd version error during flutter install

Question

I'm having problems installing and configuring flutter

On mac OS Sierra 10.12.6

Xcode 9.2

brew doctor reported all ok

flutter doctor reported

[!] iOS toolchain - develop for iOS devices (Xcode 9.2)

✗ **libimobiledevice and ideviceinstaller are not installed. To install, run:
    brew install --HEAD libimobiledevice
    brew install ideviceinstaller**

prompt$: brew install --HEAD libimobiledevice

==> Cloning https://git.libimobiledevice.org/libimobiledevice.git Updating /Users/rjoiner/Library/Caches/Homebrew/libimobiledevice--git

==> Checking out branch master Already on 'master' Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'. HEAD is now at b34e343 tools: Remove length check on device UDID arguments to support newer devices

==> ./autogen.sh Last 15 lines from /Users/rjoiner/Library/Logs/Homebrew/libimobiledevice/01.autogen.sh: checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin16.7.0 dyld checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking for pkg-config... /usr/local/opt/pkg-config/bin/pkg-config

checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for libusbmuxd >= 1.1.0... no configure: error: Package requirements (libusbmuxd >= 1.1.0) were not met:

Requested 'libusbmuxd >= 1.1.0' but version of libusbmuxd is 1.0.10

I don't know how to install version 1.1.0 of libusbmuxd

Cheers

Rob

Answer 1

A recent change to libimobiledevice bumped the constraint on libusbmuxd to >= version 1.1.0. The current usbmuxd homebrew package is version 1.0.10.

As a result, homebrew --HEAD installs of libimobiledevice no longer build without a --HEAD install of usbmuxd.

Until the usbmuxd homebrew formula is updated, a workaround is to install it at HEAD:

brew update
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies libimobiledevice
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies usbmuxd
brew install --HEAD usbmuxd
brew install --HEAD libimobiledevice

You can track progress on this issue on flutter/flutter#22595.

Answer 2

It's a bit odd, but it appears the formula for libusbmuxd is usbmuxd. Can you try brew install --HEAD usbmuxd?

Answer 3

This works to me in this exactly sequence :

brew update
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies libimobiledevice
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies usbmuxd
brew install --HEAD usbmuxd
brew unlink usbmuxd
brew link usbmuxd
brew install --HEAD libimobiledevice
brew install ideviceinstaller