How do I install NetworkManager-wifi on Debian?
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I've been fighting my laptop for a few hours now trying to get the wifi to work. I have the drivers installed and iwlist scan manages to find the access points in the area, however NetworkManager isn't finding it.
Running nmcli shows wifi (iwlwifi), [REDACTED MAC ADDRESS], plugin missing, hw and running rpm -q NetworkManager-wifi says package NetworkManager-wifi is not installed.
Looking about online I found this https://pkgs.org/download/NetworkManager-wifi which lists the package for a number of distros to get the package for but not Debian.
What do?
EDIT
uname -a outputs
Linux TheLastMetroid 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 (2018-03-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux
lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 outputs
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 [8086:3165] (rev 81)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 [8086:4010]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
debian networking wifi networkmanager iwlwifi
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I've been fighting my laptop for a few hours now trying to get the wifi to work. I have the drivers installed and iwlist scan manages to find the access points in the area, however NetworkManager isn't finding it.
Running nmcli shows wifi (iwlwifi), [REDACTED MAC ADDRESS], plugin missing, hw and running rpm -q NetworkManager-wifi says package NetworkManager-wifi is not installed.
Looking about online I found this https://pkgs.org/download/NetworkManager-wifi which lists the package for a number of distros to get the package for but not Debian.
What do?
EDIT
uname -a outputs
Linux TheLastMetroid 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 (2018-03-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux
lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 outputs
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 [8086:3165] (rev 81)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 [8086:4010]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
debian networking wifi networkmanager iwlwifi
asked Apr 28 at 19:03
tupto
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mentioning the use ofrpmon a Debian system... this doesn't make much sense. You should read documentation on the basic usage of Debian. Starting there: debian.org/doc
– A.B
Apr 28 at 19:21
Please edit here by adding the output ofuname -aandlspci -knn | grep Net -A2
– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 19:27
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I've edited my post with these additional outputs
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:32
What is the output ofrfkill list?rfkillcan be installed throughapt install rfkill.
– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 20:10
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With the help of @Chiraang I got it working. In the end we scrapped NetworkManager in favour or wicd which just worked straight away after install.
– tupto
Apr 28 at 20:18
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up vote
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I've been fighting my laptop for a few hours now trying to get the wifi to work. I have the drivers installed and iwlist scan manages to find the access points in the area, however NetworkManager isn't finding it.
Running nmcli shows wifi (iwlwifi), [REDACTED MAC ADDRESS], plugin missing, hw and running rpm -q NetworkManager-wifi says package NetworkManager-wifi is not installed.
Looking about online I found this https://pkgs.org/download/NetworkManager-wifi which lists the package for a number of distros to get the package for but not Debian.
What do?
EDIT
uname -a outputs
Linux TheLastMetroid 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 (2018-03-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux
lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 outputs
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 [8086:3165] (rev 81)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 [8086:4010]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
debian networking wifi networkmanager iwlwifi
asked Apr 28 at 19:03
tupto
1063
I've been fighting my laptop for a few hours now trying to get the wifi to work. I have the drivers installed and iwlist scan manages to find the access points in the area, however NetworkManager isn't finding it.
Running nmcli shows wifi (iwlwifi), [REDACTED MAC ADDRESS], plugin missing, hw and running rpm -q NetworkManager-wifi says package NetworkManager-wifi is not installed.
Looking about online I found this https://pkgs.org/download/NetworkManager-wifi which lists the package for a number of distros to get the package for but not Debian.
What do?
EDIT
uname -a outputs
Linux TheLastMetroid 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 (2018-03-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux
lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 outputs
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 [8086:3165] (rev 81)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 [8086:4010]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
debian networking wifi networkmanager iwlwifi
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edited Apr 28 at 19:31
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mentioning the use ofrpmon a Debian system... this doesn't make much sense. You should read documentation on the basic usage of Debian. Starting there: debian.org/doc
– A.B
Apr 28 at 19:21
Please edit here by adding the output ofuname -aandlspci -knn | grep Net -A2
– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 19:27
1
I've edited my post with these additional outputs
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:32
What is the output ofrfkill list?rfkillcan be installed throughapt install rfkill.
– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 20:10
1
With the help of @Chiraang I got it working. In the end we scrapped NetworkManager in favour or wicd which just worked straight away after install.
– tupto
Apr 28 at 20:18
add a comment |Â
mentioning the use ofrpmon a Debian system... this doesn't make much sense. You should read documentation on the basic usage of Debian. Starting there: debian.org/doc
– A.B
Apr 28 at 19:21
Please edit here by adding the output ofuname -aandlspci -knn | grep Net -A2
– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 19:27
1
I've edited my post with these additional outputs
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:32
What is the output ofrfkill list?rfkillcan be installed throughapt install rfkill.
– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 20:10
1
With the help of @Chiraang I got it working. In the end we scrapped NetworkManager in favour or wicd which just worked straight away after install.
– tupto
Apr 28 at 20:18
mentioning the use of
rpm on a Debian system... this doesn't make much sense. You should read documentation on the basic usage of Debian. Starting there: debian.org/doc– A.B
Apr 28 at 19:21
mentioning the use of
rpm on a Debian system... this doesn't make much sense. You should read documentation on the basic usage of Debian. Starting there: debian.org/doc– A.B
Apr 28 at 19:21
Please edit here by adding the output of
uname -a and lspci -knn | grep Net -A2– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 19:27
Please edit here by adding the output of
uname -a and lspci -knn | grep Net -A2– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 19:27
1
1
I've edited my post with these additional outputs
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:32
I've edited my post with these additional outputs
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:32
What is the output of
rfkill list? rfkill can be installed through apt install rfkill.– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 20:10
What is the output of
rfkill list? rfkill can be installed through apt install rfkill.– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 20:10
1
1
With the help of @Chiraang I got it working. In the end we scrapped NetworkManager in favour or wicd which just worked straight away after install.
– tupto
Apr 28 at 20:18
With the help of @Chiraang I got it working. In the end we scrapped NetworkManager in favour or wicd which just worked straight away after install.
– tupto
Apr 28 at 20:18
add a comment |Â
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- You shouldn't be using
rpmon Debian (the correct way to check would beapt-cache show network-manager - If Network Manager isn't installed, you can install it using
sudo apt-get install network-manager - Network Manager is almost certainly installed since
nmcliseems to be available (which is installed by thenetwork-managerpackage) - You almost certainly want to install
network-manager-gnomeinstead, since that will give you a nice graphical interface. - In Debian, the wifi plugin is provided by the main
network-managerpackage as opposed to being in a separate package. - The easiest way to install stuff in Debian is through
debfiles (throughapt-getoraptitude), since that is what the repositories run off of. If you want to userpms by default, you should not be using Debian (check out Fedora or similar, which userpms by default and use a package manager such as yaourt or yum or whatever).
Hope that helps!
answered Apr 28 at 19:23
Chiraag
1968
Using rpm was a mistake on my part - still kinda new to this Linux biz. I do already have network-manager and network-manager-gnome (though I couldn't work out how to launch the gnome GUI). Still though it says plugin missing and I can't work out what that might be...
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:28
You might want to uninstall the rpm and re-install the deb package usingapt-get. I suspect the rpm overwrote some of the binaries or configuration files.
– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:30
1
I got rid of rpm but I'm not sure what you mean by reinstalling the deb package. If you mean NetworkManager I didn't use rpm to install that (or anything for that matter)
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:34
Oh, okay...Can you check that/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.soexists?
– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:37
Runningcat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.sospat out a lot of stuff so yeah, it's there
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:40
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Ensure you have wireless-tools and wpasupplicant packages installed.
answered Apr 28 at 19:24
rohit
1263
I already have both of these
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:25
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2 Answers
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2 Answers
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active
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active
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up vote
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- You shouldn't be using
rpmon Debian (the correct way to check would beapt-cache show network-manager - If Network Manager isn't installed, you can install it using
sudo apt-get install network-manager - Network Manager is almost certainly installed since
nmcliseems to be available (which is installed by thenetwork-managerpackage) - You almost certainly want to install
network-manager-gnomeinstead, since that will give you a nice graphical interface. - In Debian, the wifi plugin is provided by the main
network-managerpackage as opposed to being in a separate package. - The easiest way to install stuff in Debian is through
debfiles (throughapt-getoraptitude), since that is what the repositories run off of. If you want to userpms by default, you should not be using Debian (check out Fedora or similar, which userpms by default and use a package manager such as yaourt or yum or whatever).
Hope that helps!
answered Apr 28 at 19:23
Chiraag
1968
Using rpm was a mistake on my part - still kinda new to this Linux biz. I do already have network-manager and network-manager-gnome (though I couldn't work out how to launch the gnome GUI). Still though it says plugin missing and I can't work out what that might be...
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:28
You might want to uninstall the rpm and re-install the deb package usingapt-get. I suspect the rpm overwrote some of the binaries or configuration files.
– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:30
1
I got rid of rpm but I'm not sure what you mean by reinstalling the deb package. If you mean NetworkManager I didn't use rpm to install that (or anything for that matter)
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:34
Oh, okay...Can you check that/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.soexists?
– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:37
Runningcat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.sospat out a lot of stuff so yeah, it's there
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:40
 |Â
show 2 more comments
up vote
2
down vote
- You shouldn't be using
rpmon Debian (the correct way to check would beapt-cache show network-manager - If Network Manager isn't installed, you can install it using
sudo apt-get install network-manager - Network Manager is almost certainly installed since
nmcliseems to be available (which is installed by thenetwork-managerpackage) - You almost certainly want to install
network-manager-gnomeinstead, since that will give you a nice graphical interface. - In Debian, the wifi plugin is provided by the main
network-managerpackage as opposed to being in a separate package. - The easiest way to install stuff in Debian is through
debfiles (throughapt-getoraptitude), since that is what the repositories run off of. If you want to userpms by default, you should not be using Debian (check out Fedora or similar, which userpms by default and use a package manager such as yaourt or yum or whatever).
Hope that helps!
answered Apr 28 at 19:23
Chiraag
1968
Using rpm was a mistake on my part - still kinda new to this Linux biz. I do already have network-manager and network-manager-gnome (though I couldn't work out how to launch the gnome GUI). Still though it says plugin missing and I can't work out what that might be...
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:28
You might want to uninstall the rpm and re-install the deb package usingapt-get. I suspect the rpm overwrote some of the binaries or configuration files.
– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:30
1
I got rid of rpm but I'm not sure what you mean by reinstalling the deb package. If you mean NetworkManager I didn't use rpm to install that (or anything for that matter)
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:34
Oh, okay...Can you check that/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.soexists?
– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:37
Runningcat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.sospat out a lot of stuff so yeah, it's there
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:40
 |Â
show 2 more comments
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
- You shouldn't be using
rpmon Debian (the correct way to check would beapt-cache show network-manager - If Network Manager isn't installed, you can install it using
sudo apt-get install network-manager - Network Manager is almost certainly installed since
nmcliseems to be available (which is installed by thenetwork-managerpackage) - You almost certainly want to install
network-manager-gnomeinstead, since that will give you a nice graphical interface. - In Debian, the wifi plugin is provided by the main
network-managerpackage as opposed to being in a separate package. - The easiest way to install stuff in Debian is through
debfiles (throughapt-getoraptitude), since that is what the repositories run off of. If you want to userpms by default, you should not be using Debian (check out Fedora or similar, which userpms by default and use a package manager such as yaourt or yum or whatever).
Hope that helps!
answered Apr 28 at 19:23
Chiraag
1968
- You shouldn't be using
rpmon Debian (the correct way to check would beapt-cache show network-manager - If Network Manager isn't installed, you can install it using
sudo apt-get install network-manager - Network Manager is almost certainly installed since
nmcliseems to be available (which is installed by thenetwork-managerpackage) - You almost certainly want to install
network-manager-gnomeinstead, since that will give you a nice graphical interface. - In Debian, the wifi plugin is provided by the main
network-managerpackage as opposed to being in a separate package. - The easiest way to install stuff in Debian is through
debfiles (throughapt-getoraptitude), since that is what the repositories run off of. If you want to userpms by default, you should not be using Debian (check out Fedora or similar, which userpms by default and use a package manager such as yaourt or yum or whatever).
Hope that helps!
answered Apr 28 at 19:23
Chiraag
1968
answered Apr 28 at 19:23
Chiraag
1968
answered Apr 28 at 19:23
Chiraag
1968
answered Apr 28 at 19:23
Chiraag
1968
1968
Using rpm was a mistake on my part - still kinda new to this Linux biz. I do already have network-manager and network-manager-gnome (though I couldn't work out how to launch the gnome GUI). Still though it says plugin missing and I can't work out what that might be...
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:28
You might want to uninstall the rpm and re-install the deb package usingapt-get. I suspect the rpm overwrote some of the binaries or configuration files.
– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:30
1
I got rid of rpm but I'm not sure what you mean by reinstalling the deb package. If you mean NetworkManager I didn't use rpm to install that (or anything for that matter)
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:34
Oh, okay...Can you check that/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.soexists?
– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:37
Runningcat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.sospat out a lot of stuff so yeah, it's there
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:40
 |Â
show 2 more comments
Using rpm was a mistake on my part - still kinda new to this Linux biz. I do already have network-manager and network-manager-gnome (though I couldn't work out how to launch the gnome GUI). Still though it says plugin missing and I can't work out what that might be...
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:28
You might want to uninstall the rpm and re-install the deb package usingapt-get. I suspect the rpm overwrote some of the binaries or configuration files.
– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:30
1
I got rid of rpm but I'm not sure what you mean by reinstalling the deb package. If you mean NetworkManager I didn't use rpm to install that (or anything for that matter)
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:34
Oh, okay...Can you check that/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.soexists?
– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:37
Runningcat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.sospat out a lot of stuff so yeah, it's there
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:40
Using rpm was a mistake on my part - still kinda new to this Linux biz. I do already have network-manager and network-manager-gnome (though I couldn't work out how to launch the gnome GUI). Still though it says plugin missing and I can't work out what that might be...
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:28
Using rpm was a mistake on my part - still kinda new to this Linux biz. I do already have network-manager and network-manager-gnome (though I couldn't work out how to launch the gnome GUI). Still though it says plugin missing and I can't work out what that might be...
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:28
You might want to uninstall the rpm and re-install the deb package using
apt-get. I suspect the rpm overwrote some of the binaries or configuration files.– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:30
You might want to uninstall the rpm and re-install the deb package using
apt-get. I suspect the rpm overwrote some of the binaries or configuration files.– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:30
1
1
I got rid of rpm but I'm not sure what you mean by reinstalling the deb package. If you mean NetworkManager I didn't use rpm to install that (or anything for that matter)
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:34
I got rid of rpm but I'm not sure what you mean by reinstalling the deb package. If you mean NetworkManager I didn't use rpm to install that (or anything for that matter)
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:34
Oh, okay...Can you check that
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so exists?– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:37
Oh, okay...Can you check that
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so exists?– Chiraag
Apr 28 at 19:37
Running
cat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so spat out a lot of stuff so yeah, it's there– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:40
Running
cat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so spat out a lot of stuff so yeah, it's there– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:40
 |Â
show 2 more comments
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Ensure you have wireless-tools and wpasupplicant packages installed.
answered Apr 28 at 19:24
rohit
1263
I already have both of these
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:25
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up vote
0
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Ensure you have wireless-tools and wpasupplicant packages installed.
answered Apr 28 at 19:24
rohit
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I already have both of these
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:25
add a comment |Â
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Ensure you have wireless-tools and wpasupplicant packages installed.
answered Apr 28 at 19:24
rohit
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Ensure you have wireless-tools and wpasupplicant packages installed.
answered Apr 28 at 19:24
rohit
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answered Apr 28 at 19:24
rohit
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answered Apr 28 at 19:24
rohit
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answered Apr 28 at 19:24
rohit
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1263
I already have both of these
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Apr 28 at 19:25
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I already have both of these
– tupto
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I already have both of these
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mentioning the use of
rpmon a Debian system... this doesn't make much sense. You should read documentation on the basic usage of Debian. Starting there: debian.org/doc– A.B
Apr 28 at 19:21
Please edit here by adding the output of
uname -aandlspci -knn | grep Net -A2– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 19:27
1
I've edited my post with these additional outputs
– tupto
Apr 28 at 19:32
What is the output of
rfkill list?rfkillcan be installed throughapt install rfkill.– GAD3R
Apr 28 at 20:10
1
With the help of @Chiraang I got it working. In the end we scrapped NetworkManager in favour or wicd which just worked straight away after install.
– tupto
Apr 28 at 20:18