Fedora 35 Broadcom Wl Wi-fi Driver Offline Installation – Step-by-step

Installing

2. 2. Downloading Kernel Devel

   So Download the Right Kernel Devel Package
   First, find out the Kernel Version with:

   uname-r

   Take Note of the Digits prior to “fc35” to searching for the kernel-devel Package!

   Download kernel-devel for Fedora 35 GNU/Linux

   Get kernel-devel .rpm Package

   First, see in the Actual Fedora 35 Repo.
   Or else try on fedora.pkgs.org.
   But in case you do not find an available version the first look: How to Install New Kernel offline.

3. 3. Downloading Broadcom Wl Driver

   Download Broadcom Wl Driver in Fedora GNU/Linux

   Broadcom broadcom-wl Driver in Fedora

   Downloading Broadcom Wl Driver in Fedora

   This Archive is home Packaged to includes All the needed Dependencies to make your Life Easier! ;)

4. 4. Launching Terminal

   Open a Shell Session
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

5. 5. Trasferring Packages

   First, copy the downloaded Stuff on a removable USB Drive
   Next, copy Broadcom Wl and Kernel Devel into Fedora 35 System
   First, access the USB Key:

   cd [/path/2/usb]/

   And Copy the Archives into the Downloads Folder:

   cp broadcom-wl*.tar.gz kernel-devel*.rpm ~/Downloads/

6. 6. Extracting Broadcom Wl Archive

   Then Extract Broadcom Wl into /tmp Directory
   If it does Not Open automatically then Double-Click on File Manager

   
   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/broadcom-wl*.tar.gz

   And then to remove the Tar Archive:

   rm ~/Downloads/broadcom-wl*tar.gz

7. 7. Installing Broadcom Wl Driver

   Now to Install Broadcom Wl Driver
   Access the Downloads Folder:

   cd ~/Downloads

   And move the kernel-devel Package into the Driver’s Folder:

   mv kernel-devel*.rpm broadcom-wl*/packages

   Change to the Folder with:

   cd broadcom-wl*/packages

   And finally, to Setup the broadcom-wl Broadcom Driver play:

   sudo rpm -ivh ./*.rpm

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

   

   Possibly, Reboot you System to load it into the running Kernel:

   sudo reboot