# using pvrtexlib on ios device

**URL:** https://forums.imgtec.com/t/using-pvrtexlib-on-ios-device/1202
**Category:** PowerVR Insider
**Created:** [October 4, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/using-pvrtexlib-on-ios-device/1202 "2011-10-04T05:18:07Z")
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### Author: ![playus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@playus](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/playus)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/using-pvrtexlib-on-ios-device/1202/1 "2011-10-04T05:18:07Z")

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Hello,

I'm not pretty good English. I hope you understand.
  

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Using PVRTexLib.a 
  

I have a problem to link for ios device.
  

It's OK when I compile for ios simulator but when I compile for ios device, it has a linking error. 
  

I used library for macos. 
  

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how can I do for ios device?
  

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### Author: ![tobias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@tobias](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/tobias)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/using-pvrtexlib-on-ios-device/1202/2 "2011-10-04T06:39:02Z")

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Hi playus,  
  
Our PVRTexLib library is only available for desktop platforms due to the amount of work that it does, in particular with PVRTC compression. So unfortunately there is no way to get it to work on an iOS device.  
  
Thanks,  
  
Tobias

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### Author: ![playus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@playus](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/playus)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/using-pvrtexlib-on-ios-device/1202/3 "2011-10-06T05:04:38Z")

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Thank you.

i got it.
  

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