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title = "Checkra1n GUI on Other Distros"
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date = "2021-03-25T21:19:51-05:00"
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author = "bbaovanc"
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cover = "/blog/media/checkra1n-gui-on-arch-linux.png"
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tags = ["linux", "archlinux", "jailbreak", "checkra1n"]
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keywords = ["checkra1n", "gui", "linux", "arch linux"]
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description = """
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You can run the GUI version of checkra1n on non Debian-based distributions.
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"""
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## Introduction
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The official cross-distribution build of checkra1n only contains a CLI and TUI.
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However, the version available in the
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[checkra1n APT repository](https://checkra.in/linux) also contains a GTK-based
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GUI which can be accessed using the `--gui` flag, or the included
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`checkra1n.desktop` file.
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## Other Distributions
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First, download the Debian package available at
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`https://assets.checkra.in/debian/checkra1n_VERSION_amd64.deb` (as of writing,
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`VERSION` is currently `0.12.2`). Then, extract the `checkra1n` executable from
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the package, and install the correct shared libraries. Here are the most
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important ones, and their corresponding package names on Arch Linux:
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- libimobiledevice-1.0.so.6 (`libimobiledevice`)
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- libirecovery-1.0.so.3 (`libirecovery`)
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- libtvcontrol.so (`libtvcontrol`)
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- libplist-2.0.so.3 (`libplist`)
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- libncurses.so.5 (`ncurses5-compat-libs`)
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I found these by running the binary and then finding and installing the package
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that contained the shared object I was missing.
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I also made an AUR package named
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[`checkra1n-gui`](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/checkra1n-gui),
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which does all this automatically.
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## Conclusion
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As I expected, there is nothing preventing the checkra1n GUI from working on non
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Debian-based distributions (as far as I can tell).
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