Can't install dkms

[Andrew3019]

After using this: pi@rpi:~ $ sudo apt-get install git linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms This happens:

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package linux-headers-generic is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'linux-headers-generic' has no installation candidate

And this won't work:

pi@rpi:~ $ dkms add . -bash: dkms: command not found

[Mange]

Find the specific package name for the kernel headers for your distribution and install them instead of the "linux-headers-generic" package.

[Andrew3019]

Sorry, I'm a noob at Linux. How exactly do you do that? I'm trying to install the driver for my TP-LINK WN823N, which uses the rtl8192eu Linux driver. It's a raspberry pi 2b, that's connected to Ethernet right now.

Thanks

[nomadmzl]

Try with it:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential dkms git sudo git clone https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver.git sudo dkms add ./rtl8192eu-linux-driver sudo dkms install rtl8192eu/1.0 sudo depmod -a

It usually works for me.

[Andrew3019]

pi@rpi:~ $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential dkms git Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.9.35-v7 E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.9.35-v7' pi@rpi:~ $ sudo git clone https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver.git Cloning into 'rtl8192eu-linux-driver'... remote: Counting objects: 1135, done. remote: Total 1135 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 1135 Receiving objects: 100% (1135/1135), 3.90 MiB | 251.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (606/606), done. Checking connectivity... done. pi@rpi:~ $ sudo dkms add ./rtl8192eu-linux-driver sudo: dkms: command not found pi@rpi:~ $ sudo dkms add sudo: dkms: command not found pi@rpi:~ $ dkms -bash: dkms: command not found

Not working :(

[nomadmzl]

Usually is a depencies issue, try running: sudo apt-get -f install and then try again sudo apt-get install dkms

Look here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22165929/install-linux-headers-on-debian-unable-to-locate-package

[PanderMusubi]

The package is called raspberrypi-kernel-headers. This is now also documented in the README.md. This issue can be closed.

[rahulm-gdb]

Does it works on ubuntu 18? i'm tyrying to install it but it's failing.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module: cleaning build area... 'make' all KVER=4.15.0-22-generic...(bad exit status: 2) ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for rtl8192eu: 1.0 not found Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/build/make.log for more information.

[PanderMusubi]

No problem here building on 18.04 on Intel.

$ sudo dkms add .

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/source ->
                 /usr/src/rtl8192eu-1.0

DKMS: add completed.

and

$ sudo dkms install rtl8192eu/1.0

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
'make' all KVER=4.15.0-22-generic.........................
cleaning build area...

DKMS: build completed.

8192eu.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/4.15.0-22-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod...

Backing up initrd.img-4.15.0-22-generic to /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-22-generic.old-dkms
Making new initrd.img-4.15.0-22-generic
(If next boot fails, revert to initrd.img-4.15.0-22-generic.old-dkms image)
update-initramfs.......

DKMS: install completed.

and

$ sudo lshw -c network
  *-network                 
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: enp5s0
       version: 03
       serial: 20:cf:30:ea:3e:76
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw ip=192.168.12.63 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:29 ioport:d800(size=256) memory:f6fff000-f6ffffff memory:f6ff8000-f6ffbfff memory:f7ef0000-f7efffff