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ipad_charge for Ubuntu

For charing iPad via USB ports in Ubuntu Linux there’s a program created by Ondrej Zary from Rainbow-Software.

Ubuntu version	iPad version	Status	Comments
Ubuntu 10.10	iPad	OK
Ubuntu 11.04	iPad	OK
Ubuntu 10.10	iPad2	Not tested
Ubuntu 11.04	iPad2	Not tested
Fedora Core 16	iPad2	Ok	instead of apt-get use sudo yum install libusb1 libusb1-devel

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Installation for iPad/iPad2 using @dirigeant patch

sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev
wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/downloads/mkorenkov/ipad_charge/ipad_charge.tar.gz
tar -xzf ipad_charge.tar.gz
cd ./ipad_charge
make
sudo make install

This installs ipad_charge to /usr/bin and 95-ipad_charge.rules to
/etc/udev/rules.d.
The udev rule automatically enables charging when an iPad is connected.

Simply running ipad_charge with no arguments enables charging on all connected
iPads. Running with argument —off disables charging. If you want to control
only one device, set environment variables BUSNUM and DEVNUM, e.g.:
$ BUSNUM=004 DEVNUM=014 ipad_charge —off

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Original discussion available here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1504845