Install iPhone / iPad / iOS App IPA without iTunes or Xcode

Using the great libimobiledevice library http://www.libimobiledevice.org/, originally built to manage iOS devices on Linux, it's possible to do a bunch of cool things, including installing an app directly on a connected device without needing to use iTunes or Xcode.

Here's how:

• Grab the libimobiledevice binary for Mac OS X from my github account at https://github.com/benvium/libimobiledevice-macosx/zipball/master
• Follow the install instructions here:
  https://github.com/benvium/libimobiledevice-macosx/blob/master/README.md

Now connect your iDevice, open Terminal.app and type:

ideviceinstaller -i myApp.ipa

Note: Your IPA will need to have a valid code signature and mobileprovision file for the install to succed. This system is NOT a way around iOSs security!