I am a Linux beginner. I have installed Linux Mint. The network connection is not working (neither wired nor wireless). I downloaded a file for the wireless driver "broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2" and now I want to install hoping that my wireless will work. How can I install that file without using internet ? If there is any other way to make my Network work (wireless and wired), please share. My Network shows "Networking disabled"
2 Answers
It's an archive file. Extract it from the terminal with:
tar -xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
Then browse to the extracted files. I think you will find a README file that explains how to install the driver.
A guide is here - it's for Ubuntu but might work for Linuxmint - give it a shot ;-)
The general convention for installing from .tar.bz files is:
Extract the file:
tar -xvfj filename.tar.bz
Enter the folder:
cd filename
Configure the build script:
./configure
Build the software:
make
Install the software:
sudo make install
Note that this is only a convention, some software may have slightly or even completely different steps. Also, you'll (usually) need gcc, etc. installed, which may be tricky if you don't have Internet on the box.
tar
command that can be used in a situation like this.ifconfig
andiwconfig
and add the output to your question.