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| Thread ID: 145492 | 2017-11-16 18:36:00 | The Village Idiot Calls - Again! | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 1442067 | 2017-11-16 18:36:00 | OK - it may be that the Linux-Idiot is asking again: I need to install this ( /rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/ ( . com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux" target="_blank">github . com) ) and I can get a wonderful looking list of results when I Google it - but then what? I bet I'm looking in the wrong place, but this is one of the (hah!) simplest sites/answers I can find . Are/is there someplace else I should be looking? I'm trying to get a driver for my new WYSK USB WiFi Adapter ( . amazon . com/Wsky-Wireless-USB-Wifi-Adapter/dp/B071F5LWS1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510856864&sr=8-1&keywords=WSKY" target="_blank">smile . amazon . com) (rtl8812AU_8821AU linux kernel driver for AC1200 (801 . 11ac) Wireless Dual-Band USB Adapter) to work on Ubuntu 16 . 04 . A self-Installing driver would be nice and this result is all a lot of gibberish - after all, there's no . exe file in it anywhere! (I know - I've done away with . exe files) . Right now I am running my Alpha unit which is a different RT chipset entirely . The Alpha case candy says that it is NOT L-compatible, but yet Ubuntu had the driver inside it and it fired right up . How come I'm not so fortunate with this WYSK Adapter? I know I have a lot to learn about GitHub - but so far it has flummoxed me . BTW: When I try to POST here on F1, I get an error: 505: Bad Gateway . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1442068 | 2017-11-16 18:42:00 | Go back to Windows. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1442069 | 2017-11-16 19:01:00 | T'aint happening . I'll stick this out as long as possible - make that: I've burned my bridges with M$, so there isn't any going back now . Ubuntu is up-n-running and so far the small things I've learned about it makes me happy whilst I'm learning and applying them . The gauntlet is thrown! At this point, and with it running well - I'd like to just change out my ALPHA For those who/whom might care: what is this "DKMS" thing? I tried to follow this material, and it's totally muddy . Do I need to enter each and every line of this or is there a single link to click for a full installation? DKMS is a system which will automatically recompile and install a kernel module when a new kernel gets installed or updated . To make use of DKMS, install the dkms package, which on Debian (based) systems is done like this: # apt-get install dkms [Where '#' denotes that it should be executed as root or with sudo, but don't type that character . ] To make use of the DKMS feature with this project, do the following: # DRV_NAME=rtl8812AU # DRV_VERSION=4 . 3 . 14 # mkdir /usr/src/${DRV_NAME}-${DRV_VERSION} # git archive driver-${DRV_VERSION} | tar -x -C /usr/src/${DRV_NAME}-${DRV_VERSION} # dkms add -m ${DRV_NAME} -v ${DRV_VERSION} # dkms build -m ${DRV_NAME} -v ${DRV_VERSION} # dkms install -m ${DRV_NAME} -v ${DRV_VERSION}" for the WSKY unit - that's the windmill of the moment . I have better places for the ALPHA unit - that's all . Is DKMS supported in Ubuntu? I get this when I try it: joe@joe-ThinkCentre-M52:~$ sudo make -f Makefile . dkms install [sudo] password for joe: make: Makefile . dkms: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target 'Makefile . dkms' . Stop . joe@joe-ThinkCentre-M52:~$ apt-get install dkms E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? joe@joe-ThinkCentre-M52:~$ I am running ROOT as I try this, so why does it ask? I already put my root password in, so I'd think it should be known - right? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1442070 | 2017-11-16 19:03:00 | Gee Bryan, you're full of helpful advice! On the page of the first site you link Joe click on clone or download Download the zip file Unzip it with archive manager open the folder right click inside it then open in terminal type in 'make all' it will take it a minute or two when it finishes that type in 'sudo make install' (both commands without the 's of course) it will ask for password when it finishes that reboot and your adapter will work, hopefully |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1442071 | 2017-11-16 19:07:00 | Hey SurferJoe, Have you tried the Linux driver here (www.tp-link.com). Download the zip file and unzip it. The extracted folder contains all the components you need to compile and install the driver for Linux. There are step by step instructions. Unfortunately, there doens't seem to be a pre-compiled driver available. Of course I'm working on the assumption that your wireless adapter is the TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U)? |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 1442072 | 2017-11-16 19:22:00 | Hey SurferJoe, Have you tried the Linux driver here (www.tp-link.com). Download the zip file and unzip it. The extracted folder contains all the components you need to compile and install the driver for Linux. There are step by step instructions. Unfortunately, there doens't seem to be a pre-compiled driver available. Of course I'm working on the assumption that your wireless adapter is the TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U)? No - the driver I need is SUPPOSED TO BE the same since it's the same chipset (RTL8821.au - IIRC) and the results of using it has solved a lot of installation problems for a lot of people about whom I have read here in good ol' Google and various L-based websites. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1442073 | 2017-11-16 19:24:00 | Here's the Amazon page from which I bought the adapter: smile.amazon.com |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1442074 | 2017-11-16 19:26:00 | No - the driver I need is SUPPOSED TO BE the same since it's the same chipset (RTL8821.au - IIRC) and the results of using it has solved a lot of installation problems for a lot of people about whom I have read here in good ol' Google and various L-based websites. Gackkkk! That is a real circumnavigation-al way to write an answer - huh? I'm sorry. I do not usually drink so heavily this time of the morning. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1442075 | 2017-11-16 19:30:00 | Did you try the suggestion I posted? Works with my RTL based USB adapter (a different chip-set and the file is a different one, but also from github and in the same format) |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1442076 | 2017-11-16 19:36:00 | OK - here's where I most recently screwed up: j joe@joe-ThinkCentre-M52:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for joe: Hit:1 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial InRelease Get:2 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB] Hit:3 archive.canonical.com xenial InRelease Get:4 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease [3,302 B] Get:5 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB] Ign:4 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease Get:6 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/main Sources [281 kB] Get:7 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/universe Sources [181 kB] Get:8 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages [657 kB] Get:9 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [622 kB] Get:10 security.ubuntu.com xenial-security InRelease [102 kB] Hit:11 ppa.launchpad.net xenial InRelease Get:12 security.ubuntu.com xenial-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [60.3 kB] Hit:13 ppa.launchpad.net xenial InRelease Get:14 security.ubuntu.com xenial-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [62.6 kB] Get:15 security.ubuntu.com xenial-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [51.5 kB] Get:16 security.ubuntu.com xenial-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [85.1 kB] Get:17 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [307 kB] Get:18 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [213 kB] Get:19 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages [551 kB] Get:20 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [524 kB] Get:21 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/universe Translation-en [224 kB] Get:22 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [175 kB] Get:23 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [251 kB] Get:24 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [5,888 B] Get:25 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-backports/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3,328 B] Get:26 us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [4,584 B] Fetched 4,568 kB in 13s (337 kB/s) sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-esential git Reading package lists... Doneabperiasmy/rt W: GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EFDC8610341D9410 W: The repository 'http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease' is not signed. N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. Ajoe@joe-ThinkCentre-M52:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-esetial git Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package build-esential joe@joe-ThinkCentre-M52:~$ git clone gethub.com The program 'git' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt install git joe@joe-ThinkCentre-M52:~$ cd -/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux bash: cd: -/: invalid option cd: usage: cd [-L|[-P [-e]] [-@]] [dir] joe@joe-ThinkCentre-M52:~$ I got 'bash'd" when I was trying to input this: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git git clone github.com cd ~/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux make sudo make install sudo modprobe 8812au AND ----- in spite of the way it appears - some of this stuff is beginning to make sense to me. The syntax is a new language - but immersion is the best teacher I think. |
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