Fedora 39 Realtek RTL8168 Driver Installation – Step by step

GNU/Linux Fedora 39 Realtek RTL8168x Driver Setup – Step-by-step Guide

How to Install Realtek RTL8168x Ethernet Controller Driver on Fedora 39 GNU/Linux – Step by step Tutorial.

Especially relevant: at this time to Install Realtek RTL8168x Driver on Fedora 39 a Source Setup in Required.

This Realtek RTL8168 Driver Fedora Setup should support All the following PCI Express 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet Adapters:

• RTL8168B/8111B
• RTL8168C/8111C
• RTL8168CP/8111CP
• RTL8168D/8111D
• RTL8168DP/8111DP
• RTL8168E/8111E
• RTL8111G/8111H
• RTL8411/8411B

And again also the PCI Express 10/100M Fast Ethernet Interfaces:

• RTL8101E
• RTL8102E
• RTL8103E
• RTL8105E
• RTL8106E
• RTL8107E
• RTL8401
• RTL8402

1. 1. Launching Terminal

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

   
   In case first see: Terminal Quick Start Guide.

2. 2. Downloading Realtek RTL8168 Driver Source

   Download RTL8168 Driver Source for GNU/Linux

   Rtl8111 Linux Driver Source

   Downloading Realtek RTL8168 Driver Source GNU/Linux Archive
   If you are using Firefox then on Prompt Choose “Open with Archive Manager”:
   
   Or After try to Select the Package by the Downloads Button on Top Panel:
   
   Instead, on Google-Chrome simply try to Choose the Package on the Bottom Panel:
   
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3. 3. Extracting RTL8168 Source Archive

   Then Extract RTL8168 Driver Source into /tmp Directory
   If it does Not Open automatically then Double-Click on File Manager:

   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvjf ~/Downloads/r8*.tar.bz2 -C /tmp/