extract a tarball with vanilla Ubuntu
I've just installed the newest Ubuntu version on a 2015 mac book air, thanks to the bright engineers over at Apple, the wifi card doesn't work out the box and so I had to download the tar file from the developers website. However, I don't know how to install it. I have seen that you can execute a bunch of line in the command prompt along the lines of ./configure and make, but those are programs that I have to install over the internet. I can't do this for obvious reasons (I don't have any means to access the interenet.)
Is there any solution you guys can suggest?
Thanks guys
drivers
asked Feb 14 at 15:19
SamBkampSamBkamp
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I've just installed the newest Ubuntu version on a 2015 mac book air, thanks to the bright engineers over at Apple, the wifi card doesn't work out the box and so I had to download the tar file from the developers website. However, I don't know how to install it. I have seen that you can execute a bunch of line in the command prompt along the lines of ./configure and make, but those are programs that I have to install over the internet. I can't do this for obvious reasons (I don't have any means to access the interenet.)
Is there any solution you guys can suggest?
Thanks guys
drivers
asked Feb 14 at 15:19
SamBkampSamBkamp
1
Some suggestions here: How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?. However before going down that route you should probably ask a question about your wifi card specifically (there may already be a known solution that doesn't involve building drivers from source).
– steeldriver
Feb 14 at 15:47
@steeldriver after looking around, installing the drivers from source seems to be the standard way of doing it. I could also buy a wifi dongle but that is anbnoying as you cna imagine
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:40
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I've just installed the newest Ubuntu version on a 2015 mac book air, thanks to the bright engineers over at Apple, the wifi card doesn't work out the box and so I had to download the tar file from the developers website. However, I don't know how to install it. I have seen that you can execute a bunch of line in the command prompt along the lines of ./configure and make, but those are programs that I have to install over the internet. I can't do this for obvious reasons (I don't have any means to access the interenet.)
Is there any solution you guys can suggest?
Thanks guys
drivers
asked Feb 14 at 15:19
SamBkampSamBkamp
1
I've just installed the newest Ubuntu version on a 2015 mac book air, thanks to the bright engineers over at Apple, the wifi card doesn't work out the box and so I had to download the tar file from the developers website. However, I don't know how to install it. I have seen that you can execute a bunch of line in the command prompt along the lines of ./configure and make, but those are programs that I have to install over the internet. I can't do this for obvious reasons (I don't have any means to access the interenet.)
Is there any solution you guys can suggest?
Thanks guys
drivers
drivers
asked Feb 14 at 15:19
SamBkampSamBkamp
1
asked Feb 14 at 15:19
SamBkampSamBkamp
1
asked Feb 14 at 15:19
SamBkampSamBkamp
1
asked Feb 14 at 15:19
SamBkampSamBkamp
1
asked Feb 14 at 15:19
SamBkampSamBkamp
1
1
Some suggestions here: How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?. However before going down that route you should probably ask a question about your wifi card specifically (there may already be a known solution that doesn't involve building drivers from source).
– steeldriver
Feb 14 at 15:47
@steeldriver after looking around, installing the drivers from source seems to be the standard way of doing it. I could also buy a wifi dongle but that is anbnoying as you cna imagine
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:40
add a comment |
Some suggestions here: How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?. However before going down that route you should probably ask a question about your wifi card specifically (there may already be a known solution that doesn't involve building drivers from source).
– steeldriver
Feb 14 at 15:47
@steeldriver after looking around, installing the drivers from source seems to be the standard way of doing it. I could also buy a wifi dongle but that is anbnoying as you cna imagine
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:40
Some suggestions here: How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?. However before going down that route you should probably ask a question about your wifi card specifically (there may already be a known solution that doesn't involve building drivers from source).
– steeldriver
Feb 14 at 15:47
Some suggestions here: How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?. However before going down that route you should probably ask a question about your wifi card specifically (there may already be a known solution that doesn't involve building drivers from source).
– steeldriver
Feb 14 at 15:47
@steeldriver after looking around, installing the drivers from source seems to be the standard way of doing it. I could also buy a wifi dongle but that is anbnoying as you cna imagine
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:40
@steeldriver after looking around, installing the drivers from source seems to be the standard way of doing it. I could also buy a wifi dongle but that is anbnoying as you cna imagine
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:40
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tar -zxf filename.tgz
should do it
However, if the tarball contains sourcecode which you have to build I'm afraid you won't be able to avoid installing developer packages that will allow you to build the package from source.
Providing the link/driver you are talking about could shed some more light on what the problem is (maybe there are alternatives to install it).
Also: you can download the packages and copy over USB stick, and move them to your laptop and install them with dpkg -i packagename.deb so internet is not necessary, but very helpful.
answered Feb 14 at 15:20
janmyszkierjanmyszkier
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-xzvf works but that only extracts it, the driver is the one for this device: broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/…
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:47
Can you please check this first? askubuntu.com/questions/592555/…
– janmyszkier
Feb 15 at 8:24
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tar -zxf filename.tgz
should do it
However, if the tarball contains sourcecode which you have to build I'm afraid you won't be able to avoid installing developer packages that will allow you to build the package from source.
Providing the link/driver you are talking about could shed some more light on what the problem is (maybe there are alternatives to install it).
Also: you can download the packages and copy over USB stick, and move them to your laptop and install them with dpkg -i packagename.deb so internet is not necessary, but very helpful.
answered Feb 14 at 15:20
janmyszkierjanmyszkier
59328
-xzvf works but that only extracts it, the driver is the one for this device: broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/…
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:47
Can you please check this first? askubuntu.com/questions/592555/…
– janmyszkier
Feb 15 at 8:24
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tar -zxf filename.tgz
should do it
However, if the tarball contains sourcecode which you have to build I'm afraid you won't be able to avoid installing developer packages that will allow you to build the package from source.
Providing the link/driver you are talking about could shed some more light on what the problem is (maybe there are alternatives to install it).
Also: you can download the packages and copy over USB stick, and move them to your laptop and install them with dpkg -i packagename.deb so internet is not necessary, but very helpful.
answered Feb 14 at 15:20
janmyszkierjanmyszkier
59328
-xzvf works but that only extracts it, the driver is the one for this device: broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/…
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:47
Can you please check this first? askubuntu.com/questions/592555/…
– janmyszkier
Feb 15 at 8:24
add a comment |
tar -zxf filename.tgz
should do it
However, if the tarball contains sourcecode which you have to build I'm afraid you won't be able to avoid installing developer packages that will allow you to build the package from source.
Providing the link/driver you are talking about could shed some more light on what the problem is (maybe there are alternatives to install it).
Also: you can download the packages and copy over USB stick, and move them to your laptop and install them with dpkg -i packagename.deb so internet is not necessary, but very helpful.
answered Feb 14 at 15:20
janmyszkierjanmyszkier
59328
tar -zxf filename.tgz
should do it
However, if the tarball contains sourcecode which you have to build I'm afraid you won't be able to avoid installing developer packages that will allow you to build the package from source.
Providing the link/driver you are talking about could shed some more light on what the problem is (maybe there are alternatives to install it).
Also: you can download the packages and copy over USB stick, and move them to your laptop and install them with dpkg -i packagename.deb so internet is not necessary, but very helpful.
answered Feb 14 at 15:20
janmyszkierjanmyszkier
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answered Feb 14 at 15:20
janmyszkierjanmyszkier
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answered Feb 14 at 15:20
janmyszkierjanmyszkier
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answered Feb 14 at 15:20
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-xzvf works but that only extracts it, the driver is the one for this device: broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/…
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:47
Can you please check this first? askubuntu.com/questions/592555/…
– janmyszkier
Feb 15 at 8:24
add a comment |
-xzvf works but that only extracts it, the driver is the one for this device: broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/…
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:47
Can you please check this first? askubuntu.com/questions/592555/…
– janmyszkier
Feb 15 at 8:24
-xzvf works but that only extracts it, the driver is the one for this device: broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/…
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:47
-xzvf works but that only extracts it, the driver is the one for this device: broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-infrastructure/…
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:47
Can you please check this first? askubuntu.com/questions/592555/…
– janmyszkier
Feb 15 at 8:24
Can you please check this first? askubuntu.com/questions/592555/…
– janmyszkier
Feb 15 at 8:24
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Some suggestions here: How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?. However before going down that route you should probably ask a question about your wifi card specifically (there may already be a known solution that doesn't involve building drivers from source).
– steeldriver
Feb 14 at 15:47
@steeldriver after looking around, installing the drivers from source seems to be the standard way of doing it. I could also buy a wifi dongle but that is anbnoying as you cna imagine
– SamBkamp
Feb 14 at 23:40