How to Install and Uninstall usb-modeswitch Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "usb-modeswitch" package

Please follow the instructions below to install usb-modeswitch on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Learn how to uninstall usb-modeswitch on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                usb-modeswitch
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the usb-modeswitch package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: usb-modeswitch
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.1-1ubuntu2
Priority: extra
Section: comm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Didier Raboud
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 142
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.9), usb-modeswitch-data (>= 20140529), tcl8.6
Suggests: comgt, wvdial
Breaks: usb-modeswitch-data (<< 20100127)
Filename: pool/main/u/usb-modeswitch/usb-modeswitch_2.6.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 45120
MD5sum: 3d59696058ee049588285e78efcba84c
SHA1: 80d77a99a20643874e0958143f4b1aee9f22914b
SHA256: 8b5d89adb804b949469129479ba7bf7b1e8a0dbcb4922a3459451417da44812e
SHA512: 3cacb9082a15ec38ab2e56c2116caf440e9bb77ca46dc286858cd822e2f9c504b93749c837dd0b7b2bd04dd0a9c9b6e0a9720eb8fecf2bfd9fcba1b2b60899e7
Description-en: mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices
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".
.
This package contains the binaries and the brother scripts.
Description-md5: bbddadcef95b9342b7cf75c7d1b5cfa2
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: usb-modeswitch
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.1-1ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: comm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Didier Raboud
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 142
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.9), usb-modeswitch-data (>= 20140529), tcl8.6
Suggests: comgt, wvdial
Breaks: usb-modeswitch-data (<< 20100127)
Filename: pool/main/u/usb-modeswitch/usb-modeswitch_2.6.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 45192
MD5sum: f173a5bc738ed1a251d13adfca9b7f85
SHA1: fbd755d2c7ff336d6cd5e240f50c33a65ab78aac
SHA256: 6fbfd80c4c3d93ae5fb2a5f828acbf4fd45e108c76b65f967e1dcc57b443ec76
SHA512: dc7fb917f2df6d830337130fe050680404851f355133d19dc618e51e0ae6a28063d62ad165297d92c1bffaf1d7e440fa72a9b7300f149f4792caf4bf1aeb649b
Description-en: mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices
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.
.
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".
.
This package contains the binaries and the brother scripts.
Description-md5: bbddadcef95b9342b7cf75c7d1b5cfa2
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop