Step-by-step – Realtek Rtl8188FU Fedora 38 Driver Installation

Installing Driver

3. 3. Downloading Realtek rtl8188FU Driver

   Download Realtek Driver in Fedora GNU/Linux

   Get Realtek rtl8188FU Driver in Fedora

   Realtek Driver Source Realtek for Fedora

   Best to Clone it with Git!

4. 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:

   
   Or from Command Line:

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

5. 5. Installing Realtek rtl8188FU Driver

   Then to Install rtl8188FU Wi-fi Driver for Fedora
   (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 Fedora 38!