Step-by-step – Realtek Rtl8188FU Driver CentOS 7 Installation

February 9, 2021 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Installing Driver

  1. 3. Downloading Realtek rtl8188FU Driver

    Download Realtek Driver in CentOS GNU/Linux

    Get Realtek rtl8188FU Driver in CentOS

    Best to Clone it with Git!

  2. 4. Extracting Realtek rtl8188FU 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:

    Step-by-step Realtek rtl8188FU Driver CentOS 7 Installation - Extraction
    Or from Command Line:

    unzip -d /tmp/ ~/Downloads/*master.zip
  3. 5. Installing Realtek rtl8188FU Driver

    Then to Install rtl8188FU Wi-fi Driver for CentOS
    (Especially relevant: this set up for the kelebek33 Driver, for the alternative one check the Developer Docs…)
    To Add it to the DKMS Modules:

    sudo dkms add ./rtl8188fu*

    Again to Build it with DKMS try:

    sudo dkms build rtl8188fu/1.0

    Now to Install it play:

    sudo dkms install rtl8188fu/1.0

    Next update the Linux Kernel Firmware with:

    sudo cp ./rtl8188fu/firmware/rtl8188fufw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/

    Then to reboot System use:

    sudo reboot

    Finally, to list the available Wifi Interfaces run:

    ifconfig | grep wlan

    The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.
    For further details and insight see directly the Dev Docs.

So Now I’m truly Happy if My Guide could Help you to Install Realtek rtl8188FU Driver on CentOS 7!

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