Installing usb_modeswitch from source code:
The latest version now is 1.4.4 for usb_modeswitch & the latest data package released 2010-08-26 , so check usb_modeswitch website for the latest release.
1- Install dependencies:
Code:
sudo aptitude install libusb-dev
2- Download usb_modeswitch & extract:
Code:
wget http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/usb-modeswitch-1.1.4.tar.bz2
tar -xvf usb-modeswitch-1.1.4.tar.bz2
3- Install usb_modeswitch:
Code:
cd usb-modeswitch-1.1.4
sudo make install
4- Download & extract usb_modeswitch-data:
Code:
wget http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/usb-modeswitch-data-20100826.tar.bz2
tar -xvf usb-modeswitch-data-20100826.tar.bz2
5- Edit Make file:
Code:
cd usb-modeswitch-data-20100826
sudo gedit Makefile
add the following two lines after RULESDIR = $(DESTDIR)/lib/udev/rules.d :
Code:
UDEVDIR = $(DESTDIR)/lib/udev
UDEVDIR = $(DESTDIR)/etc/udev
6- Install usb_modeswitch-data:
Code:
sudo make files-install
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