Step-by-step – Realtek Rtl8188FU Driver CentOS 8.x/Stream-8 Installation

GNU/Linux CentOS 8.x/Stream-8 Realtek rtl8188FU Wifi Driver Setup – Step-by-step Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Realtek rtl8188FU WiFi Driver in CentOS 8.x/Stream-8 GNU/Linux.

And this Realtek rtl8188FU Driver CentOS 8.x/Stream-8 Setup should be working also after a Kernel Upgrade with the Dkms integration.

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

Finally, this Setup is Valid also for All the others Red Hat Linux Based Distros like:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Oracle Enterprise Linux
• Rocky Linux
• AlmaLinux

1. 1. Launching Shell Emulator

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

   

   How to QuickStart with Command Line on CentOS GNU/Linux

   Bash Shell CentOS QuickStart Guide

   Getting-Started with Command Line on CentOS Linux

2. 2. Installing Dependencies

   Then to Install Required Packages
   First, preferably Upgrade your System with:

   sudo dnf update && dnf upgrade

   In this case then Reboot it using:

   sudo reboot

   Then 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.