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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

Installation for iPad

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_1.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf ipad_charge_1.0.tar.gz
cd ./ipad_charge_1.0
make
sudo make install

Installation for iPad2

sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev
wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/downloads/mkorenkov/ipad_charge/ipad2_charge_1.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf ipad2_charge_1.0.tar.gz
cd ./ipad2_charge/
make
sudo make install

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