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rtl8723du

This repository includes drivers for the following card:

Realtek RTL8723DU

Installation instruction

Requirements

You will need to install "make", "gcc", "kernel headers", "kernel build essentials", and "git".

For Ubuntu: You can install them with the following command

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install make gcc linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git

For Fedora: You can install them with the following command

sudo dnf install kernel-headers kernel-devel
sudo dnf group install "C Development Tools and Libraries"

For openSUSE: Install necessary headers with

sudo zypper install make gcc kernel-devel kernel-default-devel git libopenssl-devel

For Arch: After installing the necessary kernel headers and base-devel,

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/rtw89-dkms-git.git
cd rtw89-dkms-git
makepkg -sri

If any of the packages above are not found check if your distro installs them like that.

Installation

For all distros:

git clone git://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723du.git -b v5.13.4
cd rtl8723du
make
sudo make install

How to unload/reload a Kernel module

sudo modprobe -rv 8723du         #This unloads the module
sudo modprobe -v 8723du          #This loads the module

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When your kernel changes, then you need to do the following:

cd ~/rtl8723du
git pull
make clean
make
sudo make install

Remember, this MUST be done whenever you get a new kernel - no exceptions.