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Asked: 2012-04-04 00:52:56 +0800 CST

How can I install the latest version of libmtp?

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In the latest version of the libmtp library there are fixes for my Android device so I would like to install the latest version I'm just not sure how! I would assume that this would pushed into the official repositories at some point, so the smart advice would probably be just to wait, but I would like to know how to do this myself if anyone could tell me.

I'm currently using Ubuntu 12.04 and am running libmtp-1.1.2, the latest version (libmtp-1.1.3) has recently been released and the tar.gz file is downloadable from this direct link: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libmtp/libmtp/1.1.3/libmtp-1.1.3.tar.gz

How do I install this? Thanks for any help.

android compiling mtp

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    First you need to get the file, extract the tarball and change to the folder. You can do this from a terminal:

    wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libmtp/libmtp/1.1.3/libmtp-1.1.3.tar.gz
tar zxf libmtp-1.1.3.tar.gz
cd libmtp-1.1.3

    Second, build the source and install the binaries:

    ./configure
make
sudo make install

    I'd be more inclined to use checkinstall - so not use the make install command, if so enter this commands instead:

    ./configure
make
sudo checkinstall

    If you have not complied any software you might need some extra packages prior to starting.

    sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall wget

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall

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  2. Installing the ppa mentioned here will also allow you to update your libmtp:

    How To Properly Mount Android 4.0+ Devices In Ubuntu Using Go-mtpfs ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install go-mtpfs

    Optional, custom Unity Launcher for Go-mtpfs:

    sudo apt-get install go-mtpfs-unity

    But be careful: This PPA has other packages that you may not want to install.

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