Unable to run on Ubuntu 14.04

[stevenmc]

ios_webkit_debug_proxyListing devices on :9221
Detected an old copy of libplist?! For a fix, see:
libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice#68 (comment): Success
Unable to start device_listener

I'm running libplist-dev 1.10.1 amd64 as this appears to be the latest download available.

I've looked through the suggested url, but it doesn't actually suggest a fix in the end.

Thanks.

[pat-richter]

I can confirm this problem.

Using Ubuntu 14.04 amd64 and the libplist-dev package.

I've tried to install a newer version from source, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libplist/1.11-3 (using the libplist_1.11.orig.tar.bz2), but I failed.

Says libxml2 is not available, but it is

patrick@pat-workstation:~/Downloads/libplist-1.11$ dpkg -s libxml2-dev 
Package: libxml2-dev
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 2858
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: amd64
Multi-Arch: same
Source: libxml2
Version: 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3
Depends: libxml2 (= 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3)
Suggests: pkg-config
Description: ...

Any ideas? Is there a better way to install the new (not released?) version, or can we modify another package for using the correct API?

Thanks so far

[paulrouget]

You need to build libplist 1.11. You'll find a tarball here: http://www.libimobiledevice.org/ (don't use the github code, they only provide version 2).

./configure --prefix=/foobar
make && make install

Then, rebuild ios-webkit-debug-proxy:

LDFLAGS="-L/foobar/lib/" CFLAGS="-I/foobar/include/" ./configure --prefix=/foobar && make && make install

Then run it that way:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/foobar/lib /foobar/bin/ios_webkit_debug_proxy

[llvasconcellos]

I've made some changes on Paul's explanation:

1. Download libplist 1.11 from http://www.libimobiledevice.org/, more precisily from http://www.libimobiledevice.org/downloads/libplist-1.11.tar.bz2
2. Decompress, cd to decompressed dir, build and install to your home dir (mine is /home/leonardo).

mkdir ~/ios-proxy
./configure --prefix=/home/leonardo/ios-proxy
make && make install

1. Rebuild ios-webkit-debug-proxy

LDFLAGS="-L/home/leonardo/ios-proxy/lib/" CFLAGS="-I/home/leonardo/ios-proxy/include/" ./configure --prefix=/home/leonardo/ios-proxy && make && make install

1. Run ios_proxy:

LD_PRELOAD=/home/leonardo/ios-proxy/lib/libplist.so /home/leonardo/ios-proxy/bin/ios_webkit_debug_proxy

[tonedef]

Thanks Leonardo and Paul! Totally got me up and running. I had to make one minor change, perhaps it's just my setup, but to get it to run, I needed to change LD_PRELOAD to this:
LD_PRELOAD=/home/yourhomedir/ios-proxy/lib/libplist.so

[llvasconcellos]

@tonedef You're right. I've updated my comment.

[paulrouget]

LD_LIBRARY_PATH should work too. LD_PRELOAD is a bit aggressive, but what ever works for you :)

[stevenmc]

Yeah, this worked for me too.
I'm not sure this should be marked as "closed" though, as it's a work-around, and not a fix to the problem. To be fixed, it should either work out-of-the-box, or be listed in a "Troubleshooting" section of the readme.

Thank you Paul and Leonardo!

[xwk]

I followed @llvasconcellos ' recipe, the plist error went away indeed but got another error like "Could not start com.apple.webinspector". Any thoughts?

My machine is Ubuntu 14.04 64 bits and I have enabled Web Inspector option for Safari on the iPad. Below is a capture of the shell output.

LD_PRELOAD=/home/victor/ios-proxy/lib/libplist.so /home/victor/ios-proxy/bin/ios_webkit_debug_proxy -d

ss.add_server_fd(3)
Listing devices on :9221
ss.add_fd(4)
ss.add_server_fd(5)
ss.remove_server_fd(5)
ss.recv fd=4 len=931
ss.add_server_fd(5)
Could not start com.apple.webinspector!: Success
ss.remove_server_fd(5)
Unable to attach 1271a2c6a01c812b46c0368a45ca49845efba763 inspector

[xwk]

I later realized the previous issue I reported has to do the specific iPad I was using, because neither can I get remote debugging on a Mac machine working with this iPad. When I changed to an iPad which can be successfully remote-debugged from MAC machine, I can successfully run the ios_webkit_debug_proxy and list the Safari tabs opened on the iPad.

HOWEVER, when I try to open a tab for inspecting, the content is empty as the screenshot shows.

Any idea?

[programmin1]

What does the MAC address have to do with this problem, is it connecting through network instead of over usb? I didn't know that was an option.

[NetForce1]

I have the same problem as @xwk, be it that I don't have a recent enough Mac available to test. Environment:
Ubuntu 14.10 x64 (running in VirtualBox)
iPad2,5 running iOS 8.1

[elboletaire]

Same here as @xwk (can connect using ios_webkit_debug_proxy but if I manually access the URL using google chrome it appears blank; same as if I try the firefox WebIDE) using Ubuntu 14.04.1 and iOS 7.0.4

[gingerlime]

having the same problem as @xwk with Xubuntu 14.04. Tried with both iPhone and iPad Mini and running either Chrome Version 39.0.2171.71 (64-bit) as well as vanilla Chromium Version 39.0.2171.65 Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit) - always getting the "empty screen of death" :)

[artygus]

issue seems to be related to now outdated libplist version, if the problem still there feel free to reopen