How to install a Theos project to device?

Question

I'm new to cydia dev and I downloaded a couple of examples fro iphonedevwiki. I've got my iPad jailbroken and how do I install the demo Theos tweak to my device? Thanks.

And by the way is iOSOpenDev working for iOS 8?

Answer 1

If your device and your computer use the same Wi-Fi network, you need to edit the project's Makefile to add this to its first line :

THEOS_DEVICE_IP = 192.168.1.4

(Of course, replace the IP address with your iDevice's IP)

To install the tweak, you need to use the make package install command within Terminal. It will compile the tweak, then create a .deb package for it, then attempt to install it to your device (you will be prompted for root password two times, and your iDevice will then respring)

Answer 2

Once you have compiled your tweak (using make), you need to create a deb package file (using make package). This will create a .deb file. Then you transfer the .deb file to your iPad. Once it is transfered, open an ssh session to it and install it from the command line using:

dpkg -i 'filename.deb'

Of course, the method Cl3ment mentioned works too but this is a step-by-step way of doing it in case you wanted to do some parts manually.