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I am unable to connect through an Ethernet cable at the moment so I tried to install the drivers for my TP-link archer T4UH V1 but it’s very confusing as I am completely new to Linux. When I follow the commands from the instruction manual it says syntax error even when directly copying the command onto the terminal.

Can anyone help me to install this driver?

Zanna
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Daniel Tasker
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Please download this file on some other computer and transfer it to the desktop of the subject computer: https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux/archive/master.zip Right-click it and select 'Extract Here.' Now, in a terminal:

cd ~/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtl8812au

Now that we have the wireless working correctly, we'll refine this a bit.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dkms
cd ~/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master
sudo cp -R . /usr/src/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-1.0
sudo dkms add -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0
sudo dkms build -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0
sudo dkms install -m rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux -v 1.0

Credit: How to install TP-LINK Archer T4U driver?

Abdulla
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  • Thank you so much abdulla, you are very helpful. I encounter a problem when executing these commands. So I go to the file location on the desktop but when I type in the command “make” it says a bunch of stuff and at the end it says “Makefile:1584 recipe for target ‘modules’ failed make: *** [modules] error 2. Do you know what my problem is? – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 08:49
  • Also I do have the tplink drivers downloaded if that helps? – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 08:57
  • Share all error log you see on terminal – Abdulla Oct 18 '18 at 08:59
  • daniel@ThugLifeSweg1 ~ $ cd ~/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master daniel@ThugLifeSweg1 ~/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master $ make make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.10.0-38-generic/build M=/home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-38-generic' Segmentation fault (core dumped) arch/x86/Makefile:140: CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support CC [M] /home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/core/rtw_cmd.o I will post many as there arent enough characters :( – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 09:13
  • In file included from ./include/linux/cgroup-defs.h:16:0, from ./include/linux/sched.h:61, from ./include/linux/kasan.h:4, from ./include/linux/slab.h:118, from /home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/include/osdep_service_linux.h:29, from /home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/include/osdep_service.h:41, from /home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/include/drv_types.h:32, from /home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/core/rtw_cmd.c:22: – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 09:15
  • Edit and add the log on the question. – Abdulla Oct 18 '18 at 09:15
  • okay so its even too long for that. The problem making it too long are these lines: ./include/linux/percpu-refcount.h:1:1: error: null character(s) ignored [-Werror] d i s p o s � �ti t i o n = " s t a g e d " > < u p d a t e C o m p o n e n ^ there are many of them and then I will post the other lines that come after that. – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 09:21
  • In file included from ./include/net/netprio_cgroup.h:17:0, from ./include/linux/netdevice.h:48, from /home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/include/osdep_service_linux.h:35, from /home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/include/osdep_service.h:41, from /home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/include/drv_types.h:32, from /home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/core/rtw_cmd.c:22: ./include/linux/cgroup.h: In function ‘css_get’: – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 09:22
  • ./include/linux/cgroup.h:295:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘percpu_ref_get’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] percpu_ref_get(&css->refcnt); ^ ./include/linux/cgroup.h: In function ‘css_get_many’: ./include/linux/cgroup.h:308:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘percpu_ref_get_many’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] percpu_ref_get_many(&css->refcnt, n); ^ ./include/linux/cgroup.h: In function ‘css_tryget’: – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 09:25
  • ./include/linux/cgroup.h:325:10: error: implicit declaration of function ‘percpu_ref_tryget’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] return percpu_ref_tryget(&css->refcnt); ^ ./include/linux/cgroup.h: In function ‘css_tryget_online’: ./include/linux/cgroup.h:342:10: error: implicit declaration of function ‘percpu_ref_tryget_live’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] return percpu_ref_tryget_live(&css->refcnt); ^ – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 09:26
  • ./include/linux/cgroup.h: In function ‘css_put’: ./include/linux/cgroup.h:355:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘percpu_ref_put’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] percpu_ref_put(&css->refcnt); ^ ./include/linux/cgroup.h: In function ‘css_put_many’: ./include/linux/cgroup.h:368:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘percpu_ref_put_many’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] percpu_ref_put_many(&css->refcnt, n); ^ – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 09:27
  • cc1: all warnings being treated as errors scripts/Makefile.build:294: recipe for target '/home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/core/rtw_cmd.o' failed make[2]: *** [/home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master/core/rtw_cmd.o] Error 1 Makefile:1524: recipe for target 'module/home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master' failed make[1]: *** [module/home/daniel/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-38-generic' Makefile:1584: recipe for target 'modules' failed make: *** [modules] Error 2 – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 09:27
  • daniel@ThugLifeSweg1 ~/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master $ sudo make install[sudo] password for daniel: install -p -m 644 rtl8812au.ko /lib/modules/4.10.0-38-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ install: cannot stat 'rtl8812au.ko': No such file or directory Makefile:1590: recipe for target 'install' failed make: *** [install] Error 1 daniel@ThugLifeSweg1 ~/Desktop/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master $ – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 09:27
  • thats all of it I am so sorry for spamming you like this. Thanks again – Daniel Tasker Oct 18 '18 at 09:28
  • How about trying the command after using su command? Enter su then enter your password, after that try the above command. – Abdulla Oct 18 '18 at 11:58
  • @abdulla_malik I think you should have simply marked this as a duplicate of my answer in the link. – chili555 Oct 18 '18 at 14:28
  • No exactly. Daniel using a different devices. I'm expecting no kernel module made for this device. Let's see what happens. – Abdulla Oct 18 '18 at 14:31