How To Install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 8.
What is usb_modeswitch
USB Modeswitch brings up your datacard into operational mode. When plugged in they identify themselves as cdrom and present some non-Linux compatible installation files. This tool deactivates this cdrom-device and enables the real communication device. It supports most devices built and sold by Huawei, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Option, ZTE, Novatel.
We can use yum or dnf to install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usb_modeswitch.
Install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install usb_modeswitch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install usb_modeswitch
Install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install usb_modeswitch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install usb_modeswitch
How To Uninstall usb_modeswitch on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the usb_modeswitch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove usb_modeswitch
usb_modeswitch Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/8fee8622fe40dbe72b325868ac5d113172f77e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/udev/usb_modeswitch
/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch
/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch_dispatcher
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch/README
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch/device_reference.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/usb_modeswitch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usb_modeswitch_dispatcher.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.