# Wifi driver on Macbook Air 2013

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-driver-on-macbook-air-2013/5516>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 3, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-driver-on-macbook-air-2013/5516 "2021-12-03T15:26:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![MikeVDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@MikeVDS](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/MikeVDS)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-driver-on-macbook-air-2013/5516/1 "2021-12-03T15:26:46Z")

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So when trying UB on this, the WiFi doesn’t automatically install, I have to go to Additional Drivers and tell it to use the proprietary driver. No problem there. So then I install and tell it to install 3rd party drivers (while connected to WiFi) and then I boot and there is no WiFi. So I go back to Additional Drivers and tell it to use the proprietary one again, but this time it tells me that I cannot download packages while offline! It worked a minute ago and I cannot get online without doing this…

No Ethernet jack on a macbook air, so if I can’t get this working I’ll have to go with another distro…

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-driver-on-macbook-air-2013/5516/2 "2021-12-03T15:29:44Z")

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During the install you need to tick the install proprietary drivers & wifi option otherwise it will not exist after the install.

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**Author:** ![MikeVDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@MikeVDS](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/MikeVDS)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-driver-on-macbook-air-2013/5516/3 "2021-12-03T15:40:17Z")

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I did that. No luck there.

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**Author:** ![MikeVDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@MikeVDS](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/MikeVDS)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-driver-on-macbook-air-2013/5516/4 "2021-12-03T15:42:34Z")

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I found something on AskUbuntu and it seems like it’s getting me closer but hasn’t worked:

Here is your wireless device:

```auto
Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) Subsystem: Apple Inc. BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 

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If you have the installation USB or DVD, insert it and and drill down to: `pool/restricted/b/bcmwl` and drag `bcmwl-kernel-source` to your desktop. Do the same with `pool/main/d/dkms` and drag `dkms` to you desktop. Then install:

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cd ~/Desktop
sudo dpkg -i dkms*.deb
sudo dpkg -i bcmwl*.deb
sudo modprobe wl

```

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I try to install dkms and it says I need to have “make” installed. bcmwl is the wireless driver and needs dkms installed…

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-driver-on-macbook-air-2013/5516/5 "2021-12-03T16:00:54Z")

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thats a pain - debian dependencies are tricky.

make is available if you install build-essential - so that should be in something like /pool/main/b/ I’m guessing.

The other broadcom package you may need to grab I’m guessing is b43-fwcutter which is likely to be in the same sort of area on the disc.

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**Author:** ![MikeVDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@MikeVDS](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/MikeVDS)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-driver-on-macbook-air-2013/5516/6 "2021-12-03T16:02:12Z")

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Thank you. I’ll do some digging and see if I can find anything.

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**Author:** ![MikeVDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@MikeVDS](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/MikeVDS)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-driver-on-macbook-air-2013/5516/7 "2021-12-03T16:30:53Z")

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Someone at AskUbuntu suggested tethering to my phone, then installing. Worked like a charm. Simple fix. 🙂

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-driver-on-macbook-air-2013/5516/8 "2021-12-03T16:44:57Z")

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That’s an excellent suggestion!

Let’s hope that Canonicals new installer jn the future fixes these odd installation issues.