This is how you can install some essential tools on a jailbroken iOS device. Remember that you do this at your own risk.

If you still haven’t jailbroken your iOS device, this might help.

Tools

• ps
• tcpdump
• gawk
• vim
• less
• Gnu debugger GDB
• pstree
• sed
• wget
• netcat
• socat
• …

The above tools can be obtained through ‘Cydia’ software package distribution. Select ‘Sources’ and ‘Cydia/Telesphoreo’. Go through the list of packages and install whatever you need.