How to Manually install usb modeswitch

[arundavid57]

Hi,

I need to connect to the internet and a couple of forums i searched shows to download usb modeswitch..so i have downloaded it from another computer and transferred it to a folder in my ubuntu installed comp....

What i would like to know is...

1.How do i install them manually ( commands)..its a tar.bz2 file
2.How do i know the package has been successfully installed

Basically two files...

1.usb_modeswitch1.2.3
2.usb_modeswitch-data

I have ubuntu 9.04

Thanks
Arun

[coffeecat]

Ubuntu 9.04 has been end-of-life and unsupported since October 2010 so connecting to the internet with a system which can have no security patches newer than then is not a good idea. Also, my guess is that you are wanting to use a mobile broadband USB dongle. 9.04 would have drivers for only some of the older ones, if at all.

Is there any reason for wanting to use 9.04? If you are able to use the current LTS, 12.04, you'll find support for many mobile broadband USB devices to be good and usb-modeswitch will already be installed.

[arundavid57]

Thank you @coffeecat.I keep that system since i have some development work i do on that specifc system.I used to connect to the internet with a previous usb dongle need to look for it now.But Anyways thanks for the heads up..