rtl8814AU Driver Installation in Pop!_OS – Step-by-step

Installing Driver

3. 3. Downloading Realtek rtl8814AU Driver

   Download Realtek Driver in Pop!_OS GNU/Linux

   Get Realtek rtl8814AU Driver in Pop!_OS

   Realtek Driver Source Realtek for Pop!_OS

   Best to Clone it with Git!

4. 4. Extracting Realtek rtl8814AU 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

   (But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.)

5. 5. Installing Realtek rtl8814AU Driver

   Then to Install rtl8814AU Wi-fi Driver for Pop!_OS
   (This for the Aircrack-Ng flavor, in the other cases follow the Developer Documentation)
   Access the Target folder:

   cd  /tmp/*master

   Or in case of Git Checkout:

   cd rtl8814au

   To Install it with DKMS try:

   sudo make dkms_install

   Or for a simple make install instead:

   make

   sudo make install

   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.