rtl8814AU Driver Linux Mint Installation – Step-by-step

September 24, 2020 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

GNU/Linux Mint Realtek rtl8814AU Wifi Driver Setup Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Realtek rtl8814AU WiFi Driver in Mint 18.x/19.x/20.x GNU/Linux Desktops.

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

And this Realtek rtl8814AU Driver Linux Mint 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 Linux Mint 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
```

rtl8814AU Driver Linux Mint Installation – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux Mint Realtek rtl8814AU Wifi Driver Setup Guide

1. Launching Shell Emulator

2. Installing Requirements

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