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So I'm trying to get my Realtek RTL8812AU USB Wireless to work. I came across this package for it: https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au

I'm about to install it, but it says it's built for x86 and I am running Ubuntu 15.10 x64. I looked for CONFIG_PLATFORM for x64 architecture in the Makefile and I couldn't find any (but, as my name suggests, i'm a newb).

So, I set about trying to install i386 libraries. And this forum: How to run 32-bit app in Ubuntu 64-bit? Told me to do the following: 

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386

Using aptitude I saw a lot of dependencies and conflicts with these packages... should I be doing this? Are these old packages?

Thank you in advance for your help.

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Newwbie
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I would simply try to go with the instructions in the Readme file of the github repo...

First... install git

sudo apt-get install git

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au
cd rtl8812au

compile the module... 

make
sudo cp 8812au.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
sudo depmod
sudo insmod 8812au.ko

If you get an error, you might need the kernel headers...

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Start again with 'make'...

You don't need the i386 libraries to compile a kernel module.

minimec
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  • Awesome! It worked! The only thing is when I connect to the internet it says "You are now connected to the wi-fi network: '(none)' " and then it doesn't show the signal strength. Not a huge problem, but any ideas why? – Newwbie Feb 11 '16 at 02:51
  • Try to dig the issues page here for some solution. There might be a solution – minimec Feb 11 '16 at 03:01
  • By the way... If the module is not loaded at boot, just ad 8812au to the file /etc/modules – minimec Feb 11 '16 at 03:14