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Two questions about adding the capability to view iOS device photos and files:

1. Would installing libusbmuxd + usbmuxd be correct and sufficient, or is lib64usbmuxd-devel also needed?

2. I can't locate these packages within the Control Center except through a manual search. Shouldn't there be a category (such as for instance, Accessibility or System) where a user could find them and click/select, or click/deselect these?

Ordinarily I would just install, and test functionality, and then if it's no good, uninstall the packages. However, the fact that I didn't locate these in the MCC except through a manual search, and then seeing that a pair of lib64usbmuxd packages already exist in my system, has caused me to inquire before proceeding.

1. Devel packages are only needed if you want to compile or develop applications yourself. So in your case you don't need them.

2. They are located under System -> Libraries
If you click on details you can see how/where a package is categorized:

If you don't know how a application is categorized (as example VLC could be video/audio/multimedia/editor) it is in most cases better to search for an application as you did. Here also a description of the different possible search functions in softwarecenter: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Install_and_remove_software_for_beginners#Searching_Applications_with_MCC.27s_Software_Manager

harkelyn wrote:2. I can't locate these packages within the Control Center except through a manual search. Shouldn't there be a category (such as for instance, Accessibility or System) where a user could find them and click/select, or click/deselect these?

The default filter is set to "Packages with GUI" which will not show such libraries. Change the filter to "All" and your search will find them. Check e.g. https://doc.mageia.org/mcc/8/en/content ... html#d4e65

Apart from that, have a look at libimobiledevice

Ah, that is all very helpful information. A great learning experience. Thanks very much!