Ubuntu on Mac Air

 

Installed Ubuntu on to my Mac Air…. had a few issues with the WiFi (Broadcom BCM4360 Wireless Network Adapter)

This post by Eneko Chan sorted it… many thanks to Eneko!!

http://tech.enekochan.com/en/2015/03/16/install-bcm4360-wi-fi-drivers-in-ubuntu-for-macbook-pro-13-retina-display-mid-2014/ 

But in case you don’t have one, it’s posible to download all the deb packages (from another computer and copy them to an USB drive) and install them manually. The version numbers will differ from one distribution version to another so check them. For Ubuntu 14.04 I installed those:

• libfakeroot_1.20-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
• fakeroot_1.20-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
• dkms_2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.04_all.deb
• bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb

The installation process is quite simple, just follow this order:

$ sudo dpkg -i libfakeroot_1.20-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i fakeroot_1.20-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i dkms_2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.04_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb