How to install/compile broadcom-wl driver from the install cd?

adriaana3 · 2014-08-13 18:05:44

Hi there,

Problem: I cannot proceed the installation of Arch by lack of internet connection. I have a MBPr that has a Broadcom 4360 wireless card. After a little research I found that this requires the broadcom-wl driver. However, the wl driver is not on the install CD by default (at least, it didn't show up with "find / -iname '*wl*o'"). I figured that downloading and installing the driver from the AUR possibly solves the problem. I suppose I need to install the DKMS from https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/broadcom-wl-dkms/.

Since I'm new to Arch I have not the slightest idea how the AUR repository works and how to hack it all together with the install CD. I have the possibility to download stuff to a USB drive and mount it during the installation process.

Some help, refs, ideas are much appreciated.

Adriaan

Last edited by adriaana3 (2014-08-13 18:17:08)

clfarron4 · 2014-08-13 19:09:29

This is the AUR Wiki page.

You can download all the source files you need to a USB, build the package using the LiveCD, install the package and then continue. And when you chroot in to setup Arch, don't forget to install the broadcom package.

adriaana3 · 2014-08-14 08:03:33

Thanks. Tried it out in a virtual environment but some questions remain.

- How do I get base-devel and all it's dependencies easily imported from a USB to Pacman?
- How do I get Pacman's databases installed, without upgrading (as pacman -Syu does) and without internet? I need to install the linux-headers from the same version as the LiveCD kernel.

clfarron4 · 2014-08-14 10:22:45

Hmm... Download the base-devel group to a /base-devel/ folder on the USB, change directory into the folder and issue

pacman -U ./*.pkg.tar.xz

That would deal with the base-devel problem...

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#1 2014-08-13 18:05:44

How to install/compile broadcom-wl driver from the install cd?

#2 2014-08-13 19:09:29

Re: How to install/compile broadcom-wl driver from the install cd?

#3 2014-08-14 08:03:33

Re: How to install/compile broadcom-wl driver from the install cd?

#4 2014-08-14 10:22:45

Re: How to install/compile broadcom-wl driver from the install cd?

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