How To Install usb-modeswitch-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usb-modeswitch-data
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is usb-modeswitch-data
usb-modeswitch-data is:
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.
There are three methods to install usb-modeswitch-data
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install usb-modeswitch-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usb-modeswitch-data
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usb-modeswitch-data
Install usb-modeswitch-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usb-modeswitch-data
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usb-modeswitch-data
Install usb-modeswitch-data Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install usb-modeswitch-data
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usb-modeswitch-data
How To Uninstall usb-modeswitch-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the usb-modeswitch-data
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usb-modeswitch-data
Uninstall usb-modeswitch-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usb-modeswitch-data
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usb-modeswitch-data
Remove usb-modeswitch-data Configurations and Data
To remove usb-modeswitch-data
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usb-modeswitch-data
Remove usb-modeswitch-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usb-modeswitch-data
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usb-modeswitch-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usb-modeswitch-data
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.