How To Install usb_modeswitch on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch in Fedora 36. usb_modeswitch is USB Modeswitch gets mobile broadband cards in operational mode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch on Fedora 36.

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 Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usb_modeswitch.

Install usb_modeswitch on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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 Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Fedora 36

To uninstall only the usb_modeswitch package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove usb_modeswitch

usb_modeswitch Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/f651a5e32a3373552a1237727e68b08fe43c23
/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 Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).