How To Install usb_modeswitch-data on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch-data on CentOS 7.
What is usb_modeswitch-data
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-devices and enables the real communication device. It supports most devices built and sold by Huawei, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Option, ZTE, Novatel. This package contains the data files needed for usb_modeswitch to function.
We can use yum or dnf to install usb_modeswitch-data on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usb_modeswitch-data.
Install usb_modeswitch-data 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-data using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install usb_modeswitch-data
Install usb_modeswitch-data 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-data using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install usb_modeswitch-data
How To Uninstall usb_modeswitch-data on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the usb_modeswitch-data package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove usb_modeswitch-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch-data on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.