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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Install broadcom BCM43142 wireless drivers in CrunchBang Linux

Below given is the steps to install BCM43142 wireless drivers  in CrunchBang Linux.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers$(uname -r | grep -Po "\-[a-z].*")

sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms



If you are using 32 bit, download the below deb file and install

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7FT1rIUqC3ScHJMOHlTREtWX1k/view?usp=sharing

cd downloads

sudo dpkg -i wireless-bcm43142-dkms-6.20.55.19_i386.deb

If it is 64 bit,

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7FT1rIUqC3STjR3d0xMZGYzMW8/view?usp=sharing

cd downloads

sudo dpkg -i wireless-bcm43142-dkms-6.20.55.19_amd64.deb

Now reboot your machine and after the reboot, wireless will be working fine.

This is tested on CrunchBang Linux based on Debian 7.6 Wheezy

Credit goes to : http://askubuntu.com/questions/175104/how-do-i-install-bcm43142-wireless-drivers-for-dell-vostro-3460-3560/


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