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I have a Lenovo ideapad s130-11igm with a rtl8818ce wifi card, but there are no rtl8818ce drivers for ubuntu except for in github.

I can't access the internet in order to install these drivers because the Lenovo Ideapad s130-11igm has no ethernet ports.

Can someone help me with this?

ldias
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Dylan Bevan
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Try USB tethering with your phone.

Now, you might worry about using data... Not to fear! Connect to WiFi, turn on USB tethering, and then turn off data! Most phones should keep tethering on, but it will use WiFi instead of your precious cellular data!

If this works, you can go ahead and install git then run that command on the git page...

If that doesn't work, download the repo .zip to your phone and copy it to your computer desktop (over MTP or PTP or however you can) and install the driver.

user2044589
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On a internet connected computer, go to the Github repo that you want to use (I assume it's this one) Click the button that says Clone or Download and download the repo as a zip file. Unzip the file and then put it onto a flash drive. Put the flash drive into your computer that has no driver and copy the files over.

Then cd into the folder (instructions are for the Github repo linked above):

cd rtl8188ce*

Make the installer executable:

chmod +x install.sh

Run the installer:

sudo ./install.sh

If the automatic installer doesn't work, follow these instructions to install the driver manually.

If you run into dependency problems, install gcc and git manually and then run the installer again.

To install gcc, click here on an internet connected computer, scroll to the bottom and download the correct package for your computer (most likely amd64). Download the .deb file onto a usb driver and then copy the file to your home directory of your computer that needs the driver. Install gcc by typing the following into terminal:

sudo dpkg -i gcc*.deb

To install git, click here on an internet connected computer, scroll to the bottom and download the correct package for your computer (most likely amd64). Download the .deb file onto a usb driver and then copy the file to your home directory of your computer that needs the driver. Install git by typing the following into terminal:

sudo dpkg -i git*.deb

All the dependencies should be installed, so when you run ./install.sh again the installation should be sucessfull.

ldias
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