rtl8814AU Driver Ubuntu 18.04 Installation – Step-by-step

August 6, 2020 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

GNU/Linux Ubuntu 18.04 Realtek rtl8814AU Wifi Driver Setup Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Realtek rtl8814AU WiFi Driver in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS GNU/Linux.

Especially relevant, as an Easier Alternative you should first try with the PPA rtl8812AU Driver Setup.

And this Realtek rtl8814AU Driver Ubuntu 18.04 Setup should be working also after a Kernel Upgrade with the Dkms integration.

Moreover, from the Realtek Support Driver Website comes out that it may be working for all the following Chipsets:

RTL8192EU
RTL8811AU
RTL8811CU
RTL8812AU
RTL8812BU
RTL8814AU
RTL8821AU

Especially relevant: this setup is bound to a limited Kernel Range, for more insight see directly the Developers Docs.

Finally, in case the Interface do Not work after a successful Driver setup then you may see instructions about to Update Realtek rtl8814AU Linux Firmware.

Step-by-step Realtek rtl8814AU Driver Ubuntu 18.04 Installation - Featured

1. Launching Shell Emulator

Open a Terminal window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

And update the Apt Sources:
```
sudo apt update
```
Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.
2. Installing Requirements

Then to Install Required Packages
First, possibly Upgrade your System with:
```
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
```
In this case then Reboot it using:
```
sudo reboot
```
Again run:
```
sudo apt install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) dkms unzip git
```
Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.

rtl8814AU Driver Ubuntu 18.04 Installation – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux Ubuntu 18.04 Realtek rtl8814AU Wifi Driver Setup Guide

1. Launching Shell Emulator

2. Installing Requirements

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