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

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "usb-modeswitch-data" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install usb-modeswitch-data on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                usb-modeswitch-data
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "usb-modeswitch-data" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall usb-modeswitch-data on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                usb-modeswitch-data
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the usb-modeswitch-data package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: usb-modeswitch-data
Architecture: all
Version: 20191128-3
Priority: extra
Section: comm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Didier Raboud
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 97
Provides: usb-modeswitch-data-packed
Recommends: usb-modeswitch (>= 2.4.0), udev
Conflicts: usb-modeswitch-data-packed
Breaks: usb-modeswitch (<< 2.4.0)
Replaces: usb-modeswitch-data-packed
Filename: pool/main/u/usb-modeswitch-data/usb-modeswitch-data_20191128-3_all.deb
Size: 32328
MD5sum: d43c42b424ff1f891223777a6708b14d
SHA1: b44b1df1780d164316a963833167740d166f0c1a
SHA256: 96f668293247b0a754301d4983dc49b1c343a1f536a96f5854cbfd03d32e496d
SHA512: ece6f8288d236d8f9652e3f41d4bd8ee8940a5d9d3818215e519359c4a7daf6e56556a37d791ea0ad5a97359cce1bb466902d528ee98e07df2abde23c022aae2
Homepage: http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/
Description-en: 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.
.
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 commands data needed for usb-modeswitch.
Description-md5: 83f8894d390ffa31e34c89e43fc95bb1
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