Howto get iOS 4 (iPhone OS) to sync with rhythmbox in ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)

Well with the release of iOS 4, many Ubuntu users are complaining of incompatibility with between rhythmbox and the new update. Here is a simple way to fix that:
1. Open up synaptic

2. Go to the Repositories (Under Settings)

3. Add this source:

• ppa:pmcenery/ppa

• (from https://launchpad.net/~pmcenery/+archive/ppa)

4. Click Close and then click the Reload button at the top left

5. After it is done reloading search for:

• libimobiledevice1

6. It will give you two results, install both.

7. Now after installing, close synaptic and open up the terminal and type in

• sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

8. After the upgrade Ubuntu 10.04 will have iOS 4 support

Source from here

Categories: iphone, Ubuntu