LEAP 42.3: installing Broadcom driver in a MacBook

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Running openSUSE 4.23 on a MacBook, and I want to set up wifi. This MacBook uses a proprietary Broadcom chipset (BCM4322).

I downloaded broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-9.7.src.rpm driver (called the Linux STA 64-bit driver), and then got stuck. I’m a new user, and I can’t figure out how to install this proprietary driver. It’s just sitting in my download folder. I tried to get YaST to install it, but I was really just fumbling around. Any suggestions on using the command line or YaST to install this driver would be very appreciated.

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There should be no need to compile the drivers. You’ll want the broadcom-wl-kmp-default and broadcom-wl packages.

Download from here…
https://software.opensuse.org/search?utf8=✓&q=broadcom
…and install with the package manager (kernel package first).

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I would install broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-kmp-default from Packman:
http://packman.links2linux.org/package/broadcom-wl

But before, i would update my System per LAN-Cable…
Than you can enable the Packman Repo and install it with (as root):

zypper in broadcom-wl broadcom-wl-kmp-default
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Thank you very much for your suggestion! I was able to get wifi running!

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Thank you!!! It works now!!rotfl!

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Whoops…I replied in the wrong place! :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks very much for your help! It works now!