Compiling Archer T600U Plus WiFi USB Adapter on GNU/Linux with dkms

2019-12-16 144 words One minute

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In this very short post, I am going to show you how to compile TPLINK USB Adapter module on GNU/Linux with dkms. I am using Pop OS 19.10.

$ sudo apt install git dkms
$ git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
$ cd rtl8812au
$ sudo ./dkms-install.sh

If everything goes well you should get an output similar to below.

About to run dkms install steps...

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/5.6.4.2/source ->
                 /usr/src/rtl8812au-5.6.4.2

DKMS: add completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
'make' -j8 KVER=5.3.0-20-generic KSRC=/lib/modules/5.3.0-20-generic/build........
cleaning build area...

DKMS: build completed.

88XXau.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.3.0-20-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install completed.
Finished running dkms install steps.

$ ip link show
...
3: wlx34e894b147cc: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER\_UP> mtu 2312 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000