On 9/13/17, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > > If you already have installed Debian on your laptop, simply get the > firmware-realtek package[3] from non-free (either using a wired > connection, or via another computer and sneakernet). You can install it > with dpkg: > > # dpkg -i firmware-realtek_20161130-3_all.deb
> 3. https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-realtek Something that's not always clear (for newbies) is that you have to issue that "dpkg -i" command from within the directory containing the target .deb file after it's downloaded. That directory can be almost anywhere (if not actually anywhere), but the command has to be issued from wherever that .deb landed in the file hierarchy. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * dogs ate my... electric chainsaw cord. literally _hate_ when that happens. #Irma. *