How To Install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 7. usb_modeswitch is USB Modeswitch gets mobile broadband cards in operational mode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 7.

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 7. 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 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install usb_modeswitch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usb_modeswitch

Install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install usb_modeswitch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install usb_modeswitch

How To Uninstall usb_modeswitch on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove usb_modeswitch

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.