How to Install and Uninstall usb-modeswitch Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "usb-modeswitch" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install usb-modeswitch on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall usb-modeswitch on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: usb-modeswitch
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.1-1ubuntu4
Priority: extra
Section: comm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Didier Raboud
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 138
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.9), usb-modeswitch-data (>= 20140529), tcl
Suggests: comgt, wvdial
Breaks: usb-modeswitch-data (<< 20100127)
Filename: pool/main/u/usb-modeswitch/usb-modeswitch_2.6.1-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 46128
MD5sum: 7346afbef4ecd322c03b34b79289cfd1
SHA1: 819a97ee74abec1d3ef8355ce8ed43fff1dfc683
SHA256: 1450c17b748bfc5231b3b093c9710fd2c66ed7304409508f55a04f90b671a8db
SHA512: bd7633ce6e5bf0218a5f47afee1a8b346c38d4eaa34028ae9dc7fde9ef6673897d11214ee95f8079c381d5c2c2b661fe2775af3ef07d46e1093af57f43521fd8
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".
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This package contains the binaries and the brother scripts.
Description-md5: bbddadcef95b9342b7cf75c7d1b5cfa2
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