How to Install and Uninstall usb-modeswitch-data Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "usb-modeswitch-data" package

Please follow the instructions below to install usb-modeswitch-data on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                usb-modeswitch-data
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "usb-modeswitch-data" package

Learn how to uninstall usb-modeswitch-data on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                usb-modeswitch-data
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the usb-modeswitch-data package on Kali Linux

Package: usb-modeswitch-data
Version: 20191128-6
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz
Architecture: all
Replaces: usb-modeswitch-data-packed
Provides: usb-modeswitch-data-packed
Recommends: udev, usb-modeswitch (>= 2.4.0)
Conflicts: usb-modeswitch-data-packed
Breaks: usb-modeswitch (<< 2.4.0)
Size: 37272
SHA256: 2cf83adac173b3a2f015a4d91c3a3ca644b15990799f65afe1193c19dec96769
SHA1: 6ba96b357228cd9581818989baae615202272618
MD5sum: 57005a7d86938d05b34447fcdd6f6b68
Description: mode switching data for usb-modeswitch
Several new USB devices have their proprietary Windows drivers onboard,
especially WAN dongles. When plugged in for the first time, they act
like a flash storage and start installing the driver from there. If
the driver is already installed, the storage device vanishes and
a new device, such as an USB modem, shows up. This is called the
"ZeroCD" feature.
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On Debian, this is not needed, since the driver is included as a
Linux kernel module, such as "usbserial". However, the device still
shows up as "usb-storage" by default. usb-modeswitch solves that
issue by sending the command which actually performs the switching
of the device from "usb-storage" to "usbserial".
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This package contains the commands data needed for usb-modeswitch.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/
Tag: role::app-data
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/u/usb-modeswitch-data/usb-modeswitch-data_20191128-6_all.deb