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Ok, so this is a follow up to my last post. So Pilot6 told me to connect my phone to my computer and turn on personal hotspot. Then I booted up to Ubuntu 20.04 to install the drivers by doing:

sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source

But it didn't work, because it didn't have dkms, libc6-dev and linux-libc-dev. So I tried to install those three packages and it still didn't work and it outputted an error saying:

E: Package (every package i mentioned) has no installation candidate.

So what should I do now?

Edit: Alright so I did a little bit of researching and found that the error means that I need to install a ppa.

Lee
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  • Did you update your software lists so your box knows what i can download (ie. sudo apt update) Where there error messages or clues during that first step? – guiverc Oct 20 '20 at 04:24
  • Yes I did update it. – Lee Oct 20 '20 at 04:25
  • The package is there (libc6-dev | 2.31-0ubuntu9 | focal | amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x) so I'd re-run the sudo apt update & watch there to ensure messages are as they should be (nothing missing, no warnings, no errors etc) – guiverc Oct 20 '20 at 04:26
  • Yes the libc6-dev package is there but it is not installing... That's a bit weird. – Lee Oct 20 '20 at 04:28
  • A rmadison bcmwl-kernel-source tells me it's in restricted, so that will be need to be enabled (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu) We need to see errors & messages in order to help you with them. – guiverc Oct 20 '20 at 04:31
  • Ok so I will try that to see if it works. (Plus I need my phone) – Lee Oct 20 '20 at 04:32

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