Realtek Rtl8188GU Fedora Driver Installation – Step-by-step

Installing Requirements

2. 2. Updating System

   So possibly to Upgrade Fedora
   Play:

   sudo dnf upgrade

   In case a New Kernel is installed then reboot executing:

   sudo reboot

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

3. 3. Installing Dependencies

   Then to Install Required Stuff
   Run:

   sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"

   Further you may need also the C Libraries:

   sudo dnf groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries"

   And then again:

   sudo dnf install dkms kernel-headers kernel-devel elfutils-libelf-devel

   And then possibly to reboot:

   sudo reboot

4. 4. Installing Realtek rtl8188GU Driver

   Then to Install rtl8188GU Wi-fi Driver for Fedora
   Access the Target folder:

   cd ~/Downloads/rtl8188gu

   Then Compile it with:

   make

   And last, to Install it play:

   sudo make install

   In case of Issue see the Developer’s GitHub Page.

Congratulations, your Realtek rtl8188GU Network Device on Fedora should be now nicely working!