# RPi | Install Edimax EW-7811UAC (rtl8812AU) driver **URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116 **Category:** Community Tutorials **Created:** [19 March 2017 14:26 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116 "2017-03-19T14:26:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/fourdee/32/11_2.png) [@Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Fourdee) #### Post date: [19 March 2017 14:26 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/1 "2017-03-19T14:26:23Z")
**For Raspberry Pi, requires user driver/module compile:** [https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/759#issuecomment-279476920](https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/759#issuecomment-279476920) ---
### Author: ![oppaunke](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/41988e/32.png) [@oppaunke](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/oppaunke) #### Post date: [3 October 2021 07:10 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/2 "2021-10-03T07:10:25Z")
Hi, for the current kernel the above linked driver and tutorial no longer works. I used this one to make it work using the latest version of DietPi on an RPI 3 (as root): [https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au](https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au) However, the instructions there are not quite in sequence. IIRC this is what I did: 1. Install Git, DKMS: ```nohighlight apt-get install dkms git -y ``` 1. Install kernel headers: ```nohighlight apt-get install build-essential libelf-dev raspberrypi-kernel-headers ``` 1. Reboot (was in my case necessary for the compiler to find the headers) 2. Download driver: ```nohighlight git clone -b v5.6.4.2 https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git cd rtl* ``` 1. Edit Makefile to compile for your platform, for me this was: ```nohighlight sed -i 's/CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = y/CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = n/g' Makefile sed -i 's/CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI = n/CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI = y/g' Makefile ``` 1. Compilation and installation using DKMS: ```nohighlight make dkms_install ``` I hope this saves you a few searches (as Google pointed me here)! ---
### Author: ![bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/bor.greiner) #### Post date: [11 November 2021 06:42 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/3 "2021-11-11T06:42:18Z")
OFC I fail at this step 🙄 > ```plaintext > > ``` 1. Edit Makefile to compile for your platform, for me this was: sed -i ‘s/CONFIG\_PLATFORM\_I386\_PC = y/CONFIG\_PLATFORM\_I386\_PC = n/g’ Makefile sed -i ‘s/CONFIG\_PLATFORM\_ARM\_RPI = n/CONFIG\_PLATFORM\_ARM\_RPI = y/g’ Makefile ````auto > \
```text "sed: can't read Makefile: No such file or directory" ```` I am using RPi2 board. ```plaintext root@DietPi:~/rtl8812au# uname -a Linux DietPi 5.10.63-v7+ #1459 SMP Wed Oct 6 16:41:10 BST 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux ``` ---
### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar) #### Post date: [11 November 2021 06:55 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/4 "2021-11-11T06:55:32Z")
Did you have done step 4, download the git branch and changed directory to get inside? ---
### Author: ![MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/michaing/32/7_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng) #### Post date: [11 November 2021 13:44 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/5 "2021-11-11T13:44:01Z")
The Makefile is there: [https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au/blob/v5.6.4.2/Makefile](https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au/blob/v5.6.4.2/Makefile) Is this still required with latest RPi kernel? 🤔 ---
### Author: ![bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/bor.greiner) #### Post date: [11 November 2021 18:50 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/6 "2021-11-11T18:50:50Z")
I have my DietPi distro updated to latest. It doesn’t recognize the adapter. Started fresh. This time I didn’t make it past cloning. ☹ ```auto dietpi@DietPi:~$ sudo git clone -b v5.6.4.2 https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl88 12au.git Cloning into 'rtl8812au'... fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git/': Could n ot resolve host: github.com dietpi@DietPi:~$ dietpi@DietPi:~$ sudo git clone -b v5.6.4.2 https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git Cloning into 'rtl8812au'... ^Z [1]+ Stopped sudo git clone -b v5.6.4.2 https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git dietpi@DietPi:~$ sudo git clone -b v5.6.4.2 https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git fatal: destination path 'rtl8812au' already exists and is not an empty directory. dietpi@DietPi:~$ ``` ---
### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar) #### Post date: [11 November 2021 19:09 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/7 "2021-11-11T19:09:14Z")
you would need to remove the directory created during first try. As well you had a DNS resolution issue as your system was not able to resolve global GitHub url. ---
### Author: ![bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/bor.greiner) #### Post date: [11 November 2021 22:27 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/8 "2021-11-11T22:27:58Z")
I didn’t have to delete that directory. Reboot seems to have solved that. And a reboot of my modem solved DNS trouble. Thank you. For next newbie like me. This works. I followed advice to the letter. Logged as user: dietpi. I just had to put sudo in front of everything, but CD command, in order to have right privileges. 😉🙄🕶 ---
### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar) #### Post date: [11 November 2021 23:14 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/9 "2021-11-11T23:14:57Z")
probably easier to use user root for such compiling task ---
### Author: ![bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/bor.greiner) #### Post date: [13 August 2022 14:02 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/10 "2022-08-13T14:02:34Z")
Having some new trouble. ☹ ```auto root@DietPi:~/rtl8812au# make dkms_install mkdir: created directory '/usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025' cp -r * /usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 dkms add -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/source -> /usr/src/8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 DKMS: add completed. dkms build -m 8812au -v 5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area... 'make' -j4 KVER=5.15.32-v8+ KSRC=/lib/modules/5.15.32-v8+/build....(bad exit status: 2) Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.15.32-v8+ (aarch64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/make.log for more information. make: *** [Makefile:2311: dkms_install] Error 10 root@DietPi:~/rtl8812au# ``` ---
### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar) #### Post date: [13 August 2022 14:41 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/11 "2022-08-13T14:41:43Z")
You might need to have a look into the log file ```auto cat /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/make.log ``` ---
### Author: ![bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/bor.greiner) #### Post date: [13 August 2022 16:55 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/12 "2022-08-13T16:55:22Z")
Works with ARMv7, but not with ARMv8 DietPi. ---
### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar) #### Post date: [13 August 2022 20:31 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/13 "2022-08-13T20:31:12Z")
it might be an issue 32bit vs 64bit. But if you don’t share any log, we are not able to assist. ---
### Author: ![bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/bor.greiner) #### Post date: [15 August 2022 11:55 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/14 "2022-08-15T11:55:43Z")
Thank you very much for your quick assist @Joulinar! I reformated that card and wnet with ARMv7 as it doesn’t matter much. It is a Roon endpoint OTP build. Will experiment more with ARMv8 and post log then. \<3 ---
### Author: ![MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/michaing/32/7_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng) #### Post date: [15 August 2022 15:09 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/15 "2022-08-15T15:09:57Z")
Probably the same issue we faced here on Odroid C4 with Linux 5.10. Probably still an issue with 5.15 after a fix has been applied to the driver for Linux 5.17: [WIFI Realtek RTL8811AU seen by OS, not configurable in dietpi-config · Issue #4387 · MichaIng/DietPi · GitHub](https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/4387#issuecomment-1201521437) Using some commits earlier works. ---
### Author: ![bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/bor.greiner) #### Post date: [8 January 2023 19:21 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/16 "2023-01-08T19:21:38Z")
Hey guys, With latest DietPi build I get this error when compiling on ArmV8. ```auto 'make' -j4 KVER=5.15.84-v8+ KSRC=/lib/modules/5.15.84-v8+/build....(bad exit status: 2) Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.15.84-v8+ (aarch64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/make.log for more information. make: *** [Makefile:1790: dkms_install] Error 10 ``` Anyone has a suggestion maybe? ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/8/894a236316ced81ac696a5cd2f9c6c8603bbc9a2.png) ---
### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar) #### Post date: [8 January 2023 19:23 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/17 "2023-01-08T19:23:49Z")
> [@bor.greiner](#): > > `Consult /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/make.log for more information.` Did you have done this, as stated on your error message? ---
### Author: ![bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/bor.greiner) #### Post date: [8 January 2023 20:03 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/18 "2023-01-08T20:03:38Z")
I did not. Can you, maybe, tell exact way how to do that? ---
### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar) #### Post date: [8 January 2023 20:27 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/19 "2023-01-08T20:27:21Z")
```auto nano /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/make.log ``` or ```auto cat /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/make.log ``` ---
### Author: ![bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bor.greiner](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/bor.greiner) #### Post date: [9 January 2023 05:40 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116/20 "2023-01-09T05:40:13Z")
```auto DKMS make.log for 8812au-5.6.4.2_35491.20191025 for kernel 5.15.84-v8+ (aarch64) Sun Jan 8 19:18:52 GMT 2023 make[1]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build' make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/5.15.84-v8+/build M=/var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build modules make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.84-v8+' CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/core/rtw_cmd.o gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mabi=apcs-gnu’ gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mabi=’ are: ilp32 lp64 CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/core/rtw_security.o gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mapcs’ gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mabi=apcs-gnu’ gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mabi=’ are: ilp32 lp64 CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/core/rtw_debug.o gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mapcs’ gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mabi=apcs-gnu’ gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mabi=’ are: ilp32 lp64 gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mno-sched-prolog’ gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mapcs’ CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/core/rtw_io.o gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-msoft-float’ make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:289: /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/core/rtw_cmd.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mno-sched-prolog’ gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mabi=apcs-gnu’ gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mabi=’ are: ilp32 lp64 gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-msoft-float’ make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:289: /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/core/rtw_security.o] Error 1 gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mno-sched-prolog’ gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mapcs’ gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-msoft-float’ make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:289: /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/core/rtw_debug.o] Error 1 gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mno-sched-prolog’ gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-msoft-float’ make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:289: /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build/core/rtw_io.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [Makefile:1902: /var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.84-v8+' make[1]: *** [Makefile:1730: modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/8812au/5.6.4.2_35491.20191025/build' ``` [Next page](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-install-edimax-ew-7811uac-rtl8812au-driver/1116.md?page=2)