Installing fwcutter

This determines which firmware you should download in the next step. First, read here to determine the right packages for your Linux system.

Then download the appropriate missing wifi firmware. For Debian, I downloaded the two packages below. Run the below commands to install the new firmware, then reboot your computer. The last two commands are adapted from this thread.

Its ability to do just about anything from the command line are a lot of fun. I am now running two Linux systems, one on my Dell and another running Ubuntu that I installed on a Chromebook with Crouton. Both have been relatively painless to set up. It this case, it turned a sluggish laptop into a very capable machine.

This worked on my computer for a few days before the keyboard stopped working correctly on my computer. Be prepared to lose it. If you really need the machine to be functional, it may not be a great idea to try this. This was attempted on an old beat up computer. I would try this method of porting a Windows machine to Linux again as a salvage project or on a low-risk Windows machine if I had one lying around.

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With this Mint distro it took me 2 minuttes to get my wifi up and running. Linux Mint. My Places Sign in. Chat Room. ISO Images. This package provides a tool for extracting BCM43xx wireless chip firmware from Broadcom's proprietary driver files. How to install fwcutter. Extract what I need. Where or how to move it to where it is suppose to reside. Hopefully these questions are making sense and someone can show me where I'm going wrong. It can't find the file because you need to change directories to your desktop.

In the teminal type cd Desktop Make sure you use "Desktop" and not "desktop" Then you should be able to run your command. Wolfen69 - when I hit reload received error message: The info about avail. To install sw and updates from newly added or changed sources, you have to reload the info about available sw. You need a working internet connection to con't. That worked. I did it a little differently though.

I put the zip file on the desktop.