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Hello!

I need help installing Wi-Fi drivers for Broadcom BCM43142 chip ( XenialPup64 7.5 )

I haven't found anything using the PPM by using a wired internet connection

is there any .pet package that will help me build the driver? Or should i do it manually and how? (

thank you inadvance!

You'll have to build it manually. Get the devx and kernel source sfs available in quickpet and download here https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12358410.
Unzip it via tar -xf, cd into the extracted contents, and issue make && make install.
If everything goes right you will have a working module that you can insert via modprobe wl, presumably. (or just restart)

@Phoenix Thank you for your reply!

Can you explain a little how do I get devx and kernel source sfs from quickpet? I’m a beginner using puppy Linux

I am assuming you have Xenialpup64 as a frugal or live install and have rebooted making a save file/folder and now using it.

I'll do one better for you.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pu ... 64_7.5.sfs

http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... lpup64.sfs
Check with Pup-Sysinfo program (sys-specs->kernel) to make sure your version is using Linux Kernel 4.9.58.
There are several kernels that Xenialpup did use. This is what should be in the latest version.

Download these SFS files to /mnt/home/ location. (Default location where programs are going to be looking for them)

Use the program SFS-Load-On-The-Fly to load them into the operating system.

This will place the contents of these SFS packages into the operating file system.

SFS packages are a way to provide programs and files, that can be loaded or unloaded into the operating system.
When loaded, they act the same as if you installed them.
Unload and it is no longer in the operating file system.

Quickpet should provide these SFS packages under the Useful tab.
Should have a Quickpet icon on the desktop to run Quickpet from.
Key word should. Not everything was available in Xenialpup Quickpet as it is in Bionicpup64 8.0

Note:
The devx and kernel sources SFS packages are all the software you need to compile software in a specific Puppy version.
Each Puppy version has it's own specific SFS's.
Not stuff needed to just use Puppy Linux, install already compiled software, run it, etc..., so it is not put into the Puppy ISO.
Keeping all this stuff out of the Puppy ISO helps to keep Puppy as small as it is.

I was hoping ozsouth would see this and jump in to help you.

He is Puppy driver expert and and is very good at providing what is needed.

He has a lot of stuff already compiled and offered in Additional Software -> Drivers section of forum.

But I have not found one for your specific hardware and Puppy version.

@babinio74 - from the driver archives is the following xenial64 driver pet. Is for default Xenial64-7.5 kernel 4.9.58.
Someone else posted it some time ago. You may wish to try it:
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... _amd64.pet

@ozsouth

thank you very much, this pet file worked perfect and now i have wifi working!