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Install usb_modeswitch from source code

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#1

[B]Installing usb_modeswitch from source code: [/B] 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:


sudo aptitude install libusb-dev

wget http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/usb-modeswitch-1.1.4.tar.bz2
tar -xvf usb-modeswitch-1.1.4.tar.bz2 

cd usb-modeswitch-1.1.4
sudo make install

wget http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/usb-modeswitch-data-20100826.tar.bz2
tar -xvf usb-modeswitch-data-20100826.tar.bz2

cd usb-modeswitch-data-20100826
sudo gedit  Makefile

UDEVDIR     = $(DESTDIR)/lib/udev 
UDEVDIR     = $(DESTDIR)/etc/udev

sudo make files-install
#2

baaska@ubuntu:~/usb-modeswitch-1.1.4$ cd usb-modeswitch-data-20111023 baaska@ubuntu:~/usb-modeswitch-1.1.4/usb-modeswitch-data-20111023$ sudo gedit Makefile baaska@ubuntu:~/usb-modeswitch-1.1.4/usb-modeswitch-data-20111023$ sudo make files-install install -d /usr/share/usb_modeswitch install -d /etc/usb_modeswitch.d install -D --mode=644 40-usb_modeswitch.rules /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules

now how to run [COLOR=#111111][FONT=&quot]mak@ubuntu:~$ sudo usb_modeswitch -I -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/0e8d:7109[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=&quot]

[/FONT][/COLOR] this is not running