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Help! on installing TP-link AC13000 T4U V3 driver on 18.04 without Internet connection and without dkms package installed?

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I am having bad trouble. I bought TP-link AC13000 T4U V3 and try to use it with ubuntu 18.04 (Linux version 5.3.0-40 with gcc 7.4.0). However, I cannot gain any Internet connection from my Desktop at all.

It only accepted a wired connection, but unfortunately, I am stuck in an apartment that only allows me to access the Wireless connection. So far, I have tried some solutions:

Soln. 1 How to install TP-LINK Archer T4U driver?

Soln. 2 Ubuntu 18.04.1 and TP-Link Archer T4U(EU) v2.0 nightmare (RTL8812AU chipset)

For these 2 solutions, nothing works after typing sudo make finish, nor I get any error.

So, I tried the second solution of this post:

Can't install TP-link Archer T4U V3 driver on 19.04

Then, it seems that my computer reacts to

sudo rsync -rvhP ./ /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-${VER}

Then as I typed the next line, I realized that my ubuntu 18.04 also doesn't have dkms package.

So, could you please recommend the source that I should use for installing dkms? By this, I mean which link should I use to manually download and then copy the package from my laptop that can access the Internet to my desktop.

Also, which source of the TP-link driver and installation command is really working?

Lastly, do I also need to consider downgrading GCC version? I just saw the installation manual of the TP-link AC13000 T4U V3, which said that the working GCC version is 4.7.

[Edit 1.] These solutions might not match the version of TP-Link, nor my OS exactly. I tried them because I could not find the right one, but if you know that there is a better option then, please that would be great.

[Edit 2.] This is the output from lsusb

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answered 3 Years ago terose · Accepted Answer

Good news! You can get the driver installed and working temporarily without dkms.

Please download this file and transfer it to the desktop of your Ubuntu machine: https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu/archive/5.6.1_30362.20181109_COEX20180928-6a6a.zip

Right-click it and select 'Extract Here.' A new folder will be created called rtl88x2bu-5.6.1_30362.20181109_COEX20180928-6a6a. Open a terminal and do:

cd ~/Desktop/rtl88x2bu-5.6.1_30362.20181109_COEX20180928-6a6a

make

sudo make install

sudo modprobe 88x2bu

Your wireless should now be working.

Now do:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install git dkms

Ignore the many updates that will be offered.

Once dkms is installed, do:

sudo make uninstall

sudo modprobe -r 88x2bu

VER=$(sed -n 's/PACKAGE_VERSION="(.*)"/1/p' dkms.conf)

sudo rsync -rvhP ./ /usr/src/rtl88x2bu-${VER}

sudo dkms add -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}

sudo dkms build -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}

sudo dkms install -m rtl88x2bu -v ${VER}

sudo modprobe 88x2bu

You should be all set. Now install the updates:

sudo apt update && sudo apt -Y upgrade