Scaffolding to build a static idevicerestore easily, since all the libraries can be pretty daunting to source yourself.

Requirements

On the host

• A cross-compiler that can make binaries with a static libc
  • Check out musl.cc or the musl-gcc script from your distro (i.e. musl-tools on Debian)
• usual suspects: autoconf, automake, libtool, cmake, pkgconf

Building

• Set CC and LD to your compiler
• Set PREFIX to a directory that'll hold the files prepared by each make install.
• Set BUILD_DIR to a directory that'll hold the tarballs, source, and build detritus.
• If cross-compiling, set TARGET to the build triplet.

Example for native musl build:

CC=musl-gcc LD=musl-gcc PREFIX=/home/calvin/prefix BUILD_DIR=/home/calvin/build bash build.sh

Example for cross-compile musl build:

TARGET=x86_64-linux-musl CC=x86_64-linux-musl-cc LD=x86_64-linux-musl-cc PREFIX=/home/calvin/prefix-amd64 BUILD_DIR=/home/calvin/build bash -x build.sh

Any packages will be automatically downloaded, or you can put them manually in BUILD_DIR.

Serve $PREFIX/bin/idevicerestore and $PREFIX/sbin/usbmuxd with garnish.

Tips

• If you run into issues with i.e. libatomic.la being in a bogus directory, just blow away .la files from your toolchain. libtool is more of a hazard than a help on Linux.

Usage

TODO: Figure out how to use the standalone usbmuxd. You want to use a new usbmuxd as possible, as old ones might not support your device.