How To Install usb_modeswitch.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. usb_modeswitch.x86_64 is USB Modeswitch gets mobile broadband cards in operational mode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is usb_modeswitch.x86_64

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 to install usb_modeswitch.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usb_modeswitch.x86_64.

Install usb_modeswitch.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install usb_modeswitch.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usb_modeswitch.x86_64

How To Uninstall usb_modeswitch.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the usb_modeswitch.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove usb_modeswitch.x86_64

usb_modeswitch.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
/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-2.5.1
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch-2.5.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch-2.5.1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch-2.5.1/README
/usr/share/doc/usb_modeswitch-2.5.1/device_reference.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/usb_modeswitch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usb_modeswitch_dispatcher.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install usb_modeswitch.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.