idevicebackup2 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix idevicebackup2 command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

idevicebackup2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: idevicebackup2: command not found

In Ubuntu idevicebackup2 is provided by libimobiledevice-utils package.

libimobiledevice-utils is:

This package contains various utilities to interact with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, like:

idevice_id: List attached devices or print device name of given device
idevicebackup: Create or restore backup for devices (legacy)
idevicebackup2: Create or restore backups for devices running iOS 4 or later
idevicecrashreport: Retrieve crash reports from a device
idevicedate: Display the current date or set it on a device
idevicedebug: Interact with the debugserver service of a device
idevicedebugserverproxy: Proxy a debugserver connection from a device for remote debugging
idevicediagnostics: Interact with the diagnostics interface of a device
ideviceenterrecovery: Make a device enter recovery mode
ideviceimagemounter: Mount disk images on the device
ideviceinfo: Show information about a connected device
idevicename: Display or set the device name
idevicenotificationproxy: Post or observe notifications on a device
idevicepair: Manage host pairings with devices and usbmuxd
ideviceprovision: Manage provisioning profiles on a device
idevicescreenshot: Gets a screenshot from the connected device
idevicesetlocation: Simulate location on device
idevicesyslog: Relay syslog of a connected device

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install libimobiledevice-utils

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install libimobiledevice-utils.

sudo apt -y install libimobiledevice-utils

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install libimobiledevice-utils

In this tutorial we learn how to fix idevicebackup2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.