/realtek-r8125-dkms

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Realtek r8125 DKMS

This provides Realtek r8125 driver in DKMS way so that you can keep the latest driver even after the kernel upgrade.

Installation

There are 3 ways to install this DKMS module. Choose 1 as your tastes.

Those are not interfering with each other. So you can do all 3 methods but don't need to.

Installation using the Debian package is recommended for the sake of getting the newer driver.

Debian package

Released package file

Download the latest Debian package from the Release tab on the Github repository.

Then enter the following command.

sudo dpkg -i realtek-r8125-dkms_9.004.01-1_amd64.deb

If dependency error occurs, try to fix that with apt command.

sudo apt install --fix-broken

Launchpad PPA (Recommended)

Add the Launchpad PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hardkernel/ppa

Then install the package using apt tool.

sudo apt install realtek-r8125-dkms

autorun.sh

Using the autorun.sh script that Realtek provides on their original driver package. This is not installed as a DKMS, only efforts to the current kernel.

Download or clone this repository and move to the extracted directory, then run the script.

sudo ./autorun.sh

dkms-install.sh

This script is from aircrack-ng team. You can install the DKMS module by a simple command.

Download or clone this repository and move to the extracted directory, then run the script.

sudo ./dkms-install.sh

Debian package build

You can build yourself this after installing some dependencies including dkms.

sudo apt install devscripts debmake debhelper build-essential dkms
dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot -us -uc

LICENSE

GPL-2 on Realtek driver and the debian packaing.

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