I am very new to Linux and would like help installing a driver as whilst following a guide to install a driver for a Cudy AC1300 I was unable to progress after receiving this:
wardrobe@wardrobe-System-Product-Name:~/Driver EXT/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777$ sudo make
[sudo] password for wardrobe:
/bin/sh: 1: cc: not found
(standard_in) 1: syntax error
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/5.11.0-38-generic/build M=/home/wardrobe/Driver EXT/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777 modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.11.0-38-generic'
arch/x86/Makefile:140: CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support
make[1]: gcc: Command not found
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'EXT/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.11.0-38-generic'
make: *** [Makefile:2373: modules] Error 2
I am hoping someone can make sense of this as I am highly inexperienced with terminal and would be very grateful for any help.
Guide:
How to install RTL88x2BU with Ubuntu 18.04/20.04
(WU1200/WU1300/ WU1300S/WU1400)
Check your driver.
Make sure your Linux driver is: rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777.tar.gz
If it is not, write email to [email protected] and ask for this driver.
Login your Ubuntu 18.04/20.04, and enter your working directory.
For example:
root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project#
Don’t use the complex directory name.
Especially don’t use a directory whose name include BLANK.
Maybe you can create the same directory as “/home/colin/project”.
Copy the driver into your working directory. And unpack this file with command of tar -xzvf
.
For example:
root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project# tar -xzvf
rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777.tar.gz
You will find a new folder “rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777” created in /home/colin/project
.
Enter the directory of “rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777”, and run sudo make
with root
authority.
For example:
root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project# cd rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777
root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777# sudo make
After the above step succeeds, run sudo make install
.
For example:
root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777# sudo make install
Run sudo modprobe -r 88x2bu
.
For example:
root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777# sudo modprobe -r 88x2bu
Run sudo modprobe 88x2bu
.
For example:
root@ubuntu:/home/colin/project/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.8.7.4_37264.20200922_COEX20191120-7777# sudo modprobe 88x2bu
Done