How to Install the BCM43142 WiFi Driver on KDE Neon

How to Install the BCM43142 WiFi Driver on KDE Neon - In the previous article, I discussed the steps to install the BCM43142 Broadcom WiFi driver on Kali Linux through the Synaptic Package Manager. This time, I will discuss how to install the Broadcom BCM43142 wifi driver on another Linux distribution, namely KDE Neon.

KDE Neon itself is a Linux distribution from Ubuntu, based on my experience so far, Ubuntu (along with its derivatives) is a Linux distribution that is easy and instant, even the affairs of the WiFi driver are automatically activated when the installation process is complete.

To install the Broadcom BCM43142 wifi driver on KDE Neon the way is quite easy, we only need to update the repository, upgrade the system, install the linux header and build-essential and finally install broadcom-sta-dkms.

How to Install the Broadcom BCM43142 Driver on KDE Neon

The wifi driver installation process requires an internet connection to download the packages needed, for that you must first connect the laptop to the internet network via a LAN cable connection.

Then open a terminal console, please update the repository and upgrade your KDE Neon system through the console with the following command.

$ sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

Next, install linux-headers and also build-essential with the following command.

$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential

Finally, install broadcom-sta-dkms.

$ sudo apt-get install broadcom-sta-dkms

For your wifi chipset to be active, you need to reboot the laptop with the command.

$ sudo reboot

Now the wifi on your laptop should be active and you can access the internet through a WiFi connection. I think that's enough for this tutorial, hopefully, it's useful and thank you.

Read also : How to Install the Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi Driver on Kali Linux