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How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Posted October 25, 2009 at 12:13pm by iClarified
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These are instructions on how to auto install a DEB file using Cydia. This procedure does not require the use of Terminal or MobileTerminal.

To continue you must be using a jailbroken iPhone with OpenSSH installed, have Fugu installed, and know your iPhone's IP Address.

You can use these instructions to install multiple .deb files at once. Once installed you will be able to remove individual ones using Cydia Installer.


Step One
Launch Fugu from your Applications folder.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Two
Input your iPhone's IP Address in the Connect To: field, enter root as the Username, then click the Connect button.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Three
When prompted input alpine as the password and click Authenticate.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Four
Click the Go To... button from the Fugu toolbar.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Five
Input /var/root/Media as the location to Go To. Make sure Remotely is selected then click the Go button.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Six
If you do not have a Cydia folder in the /var/root/Media folder, you will need to create one.

Click the New Folder button on the Fugu toolbar.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Input Cydia as the New Directory Name. Set the directory to be created Remotely then click the Create button.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Seven
Double click the Cydia folder to enter the directory.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Eight
If you do not have a AutoInstall folder in the /var/root/Media/Cydia folder, you will need to create one.

Click the New Folder button on the Fugu toolbar.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Input AutoInstall as the New Directory Name. Set the directory to be created Remotely then click the Create button.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Nine
Double click the AutoInstall folder to enter the directory.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Ten
Now use the left pane in Fugu to navigate to the location of the DEB files you would like to install
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Eleven
Drag the DEB files from the left pane to the right pane.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia

Step Twelve
Once fully copied all you must do is power off and on your iPhone, twice! You will then see the applications installed on your Springboard and in Cydia Installer.

Alternatively, you can power off once and then respring.
How to Auto Install a DEB File Using Cydia
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doomguy500
doomguy500 - July 9, 2014 at 3:53am
You could always install ifile and safari download manager and do it on the iphone itself without a computer
xj
xj - October 15, 2011 at 7:25pm
Hdkz
Silent
Silent - January 18, 2010 at 2:13am
Read this : 2 easy steps for installing .deb http://iapps.depthart.org/php/p/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=192 1. You will need only 1 thing, and it's called iFile ( click to Download ) 2. Open your .deb in iFile and click to install it. Reboot/Respring, Done another way.. is to use Mobile Terminal Download MobileTerminal in Cydia. Put your .deb file in /tmp using iFile 1) Start MobileTerminal 2) enter: su 3) enter: alpine (default pass) 4) dpkg -i /tmp/NameOfTheFile.deb 5) delete the deb file 6) reboot/respring
Metal-Geek
Metal-Geek - October 26, 2009 at 1:11pm
Ya that's what I do... however I like the idea of AutoInstall... beside when u do the "dpkg -i crap.deb" usualy crap.dep disapears afterworth... hence my 2 questions, where do they go? where can I store them safley in order to copy them / send them later may be many time over?? and second question, How should I set the permissions on this Cydia folder and Autoinstall folders???
micked
micked - October 26, 2009 at 3:02am
in windows winscp theres a terminal. just dpkg -i filename.deb. and then reboot. cant se that on the mac version tho.
JSON
JSON - October 27, 2009 at 12:21am
Euh? Yes you can... it's called open console. It's under secure ftp. If you care to run the debian package manager yourself instead of having Cydia do the job for you, sure it works fine. Just the default fonts sucks big time.
Zan
Zan - October 25, 2009 at 10:55pm
The title should say (Mac) as Fugu is not windows software.
Kannor
Kannor - February 3, 2010 at 10:17pm
Hey, you can use winscp on a windows comp. Just like Fugu.
rand0m
rand0m - October 25, 2009 at 4:35pm
deb files are sort of like .app but for cydia, or just think of the ad a compressed file. also wanted to add that you can do this over and file transfer program it doesnt have to be ssh. And you can find most deb files here :) http://ipod-touch-max.ru/cydia/index.php
Metal-Geek
Metal-Geek - October 26, 2009 at 4:03pm
Dude... Thanks for the link. it's bit outdated but very very useful... thanks again... if u have any more of these please. I download all these deps, and sources on my PC as a backup when i need to reinstall when an experiment goes wrong. That is very helpful
JSON
JSON - October 27, 2009 at 12:15am
.app? Hummm well, they are Debian packages... like RedHat's RPM or MacOS's pkg files. Yeah, it's like a TAR compressed file but I guess for windows people it's more like a cabinet (.cab) file. APP files are self contained and uncompressed. Not to be pedantic, but I thought it was confusing the way it was said. Anyway, search for debian packages if you care ...
fsy
fsy - October 25, 2009 at 2:55pm
Hi, what are DEB Files?
Maurits
Maurits - October 25, 2009 at 2:31pm
For the amount of work, it's easier just to use AppCake...
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