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ipad_charge for Ubuntu

For charging iPad via USB ports in Ubuntu Linux there’s a program created by Ondrej Zary from Rainbow-Software.

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Installation

sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev
git clone https://github.com/mkorenkov/ipad_charge.git
cd ipad_charge/
make
sudo make install

This installs ipad_charge to /usr/bin, and 95-ipad_charge.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d.
The udev rule automatically enables charging when an iPad is connected.

Simply running ipad_charge with no arguments enables charging on all connected iPads. Running with argument --off disables charging.
If you want to control only one device, set environment variables BUSNUM and DEVNUM.
For example $ BUSNUM=004 DEVNUM=014 ipad_charge --off

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Original discussion available here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1504845

Packaging

sudo apt-get install -y checkinstall build-essential libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev vim git-core git-doc
git clone https://github.com/mkorenkov/ipad_charge.git
cd ./ipad_charge
make
sudo checkinstall