Step-by-step – Realtek Rtl8821AU Driver Installation in Fedora

Installing

3. 3. Installing Dependencies

   Then to Install Required Stuff
   First, run:

   sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"

   Further you may need also the C Libraries:

   sudo dnf groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries"

   And again:

   sudo dnf install dkms elfutils-libelf-devel unzip

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

4. 4. Extracting Realtek rtl8821AU Driver

   And then Extract Driver Archive into /tmp
   (Skip in case of Git Checkout)
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click on Package and Open with Archive Manager:

   
   Or from Command Line:

   unzip -d /tmp/ ~/Downloads/*master.zip

5. 5. Installing Realtek rtl8821AU Driver

   Then to Install rtl8821AU Wi-fi Driver for Fedora
   Access the Target folder:

   cd  /tmp/*master

   Or in case of Git Checkout:

   cd rtl8812au

   To Make it:

   make

   Then to Test the installation run:

   sudo insmod 8812au.ko

   And then to Setup just Copy the Module into the Right Location with:

   sudo cp 8812au.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless

   And finally, Update Module Depencencies:

   sudo depmod

6. 6. Setting Up DKMS

   Next to Add 8812au to DKMS modules
   So it Automatically Rebuilds and Install on Kernel Updates.
   First, Copy the Source into /usr/src:

   sudo mkdir /usr/src/8812au-4.2.3

   sudo cp -r ./* /usr/src/8812au-4.2.3/

   And the Setup it:

   sudo dkms add -m 8812au -v 4.2.3

   sudo dkms build -m 8812au -v 4.2.3

   sudo dkms install -m 8812au -v 4.2.3

   Now to Check the Status play:

   sudo dkms status

   Finally, possibly to Automatically load at boot run:

   echo 8812au | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

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So Now I’m truly Happy if My Guide could Help you to Install Realtek rtl8821AU Driver on Fedora Linux!