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I apologize in advance if this is covered in a previous post. However, I've searched and searched and have only found solutions for people with access to an ethernet connection. I am currently running windows 8.1 using my netgear A6100 wireless USB adapter, and unfortunately it is the only access I have to the internet. According to previous posts i've found, such as

and

I need the 8812au driver in order to get wireless access from my netgear A6100.

this would be great

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git
git clone https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux.git
cd ~/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8812au

except I can't install anything via this route because I do not have a temporary ethernet connection.

My question is, is there any way I can download this driver in windows, save it to a storage device, and open it in ubuntu and compile it offline?

Many thanks!

zak
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You can do the following:

  1. On another computer go to that github site: https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux and download the zip (bottom right)

  2. Put that zip on a flash drive

  3. Boot into ubuntu

  4. Unzip the zip with unzip [file name] or do it by right clicking in your file manager

  5. cd to that folder (step 4 in your steps) and follow your steps from there.

EDIT: You'll probably need build-essential if it's not already installed:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/build-essential

Linux headers generic here: http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/linux-headers-generic

Mitch
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  • @musher- It won't compile without build-essential and linux-headers, will it? – chili555 Jan 08 '15 at 19:08
  • @chili555 good point, I missed that bit. Will edit that in – Mitch Jan 08 '15 at 19:35
  • @musher- And all their dependencies, too. – chili555 Jan 08 '15 at 19:43
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    @chili555 You're guys are awesome. I got it to work for any live boot but you are right, on an actual install, I still need build essentials and linux headers generic. I downloaded them as tar.gz and have them on my external hd but have no idea how to manually install them...any tips? Theyre not .Deb so i cant just use synaptic. sorry I'm a noob. I've never had to deal with not having ether net before. – zak Jan 09 '15 at 03:56
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    This worked for me, but I had to change "sudo modprobe 8812au" to "sudo modprobe rtl8812au". – Joshua Snider Apr 01 '18 at 03:27
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I wana share this and give some credit for him! working great with Ubuntu 17.10. I think it will work debian, mint also. Original link https://github.com/zebulon2/rtl8812au-driver-5.2.9

My guide for you

download: https://github.com/zebulon2/rtl8812au-driver-5.2.9/archive/master.zip

Unzip it!

Open terminal in that folder (right click open terminal) then:

sudo dpkg -i gord-rtl8812au-dkms_1.0-13_amd64.deb

unplug/plug it in and wola! Why it has to be so hard all the time? ;)

If you want to remove it:

sudo dpkg -P gord-rtl8812au-dkms
Makeclick
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