Help install apt

[Kidplayer_666]

I used the following commands to search for the drivers required for my network card:

apt-cache search intel wireless 3945ABG

then

uname -a

and got the result

Linux VGN 4.19.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2+deb10u2 (2019-11-11) x86_64 GNU/Linux

How do i install it?

(Clearly I'm a noob, so explain step by step please)

 

 

[Kidplayer_666]

its debian does not allow proprietary drivers by default

 

[Sauron]

56 minutes ago, Kidplayer_666 said:

apt-cache search intel wireless 3945ABG

then

uname -a

What did you run uname for? What was the output of the first command?

[Ashleyyyy]

intel wifi drivers are included in the kernel afaik. is the wifi not working or?

[plus]

Hi, please see my answer here:

 

You've got apt on a debian, but as long as you are not online and never did "apt update" before, there are no locally cached lists to search in using apt-cache.

Download the missing non-free firmware blob from kernel.org using another machine (or an ethernet cable) and put it in /lib/firmware.

 

Alternatively, you can download the Debian "firmware-iwlfi" package and use `sudo dpkg -i /media/user/usbdrive/firmware-iwlwifi_20161130-5~deb8u1_all.deb` for an offline pkg  install (mount point is just a guess )

[Kidplayer_666]

4 hours ago, plus said:

Hi, please see my answer here:

 

You've got apt on a debian, but as long as you are not online and never did "apt update" before, there are no locally cached lists to search in using apt-cache.

Download the missing non-free firmware blob from kernel.org using another machine (or an ethernet cable) and put it in /lib/firmware.

 

Alternatively, you can download the Debian "firmware-iwlfi" package and use `sudo dpkg -i /media/user/usbdrive/firmware-iwlwifi_20161130-5~deb8u1_all.deb` for an offline pkg  install (mount point is just a guess )

I’m a noob but not that much, I’ve been using good old Ethernet 

[Kidplayer_666]

8 hours ago, Twilight said:

intel wifi drivers are included in the kernel afaik. is the wifi not working or?

On my Windows partition it works perfectly but in Debian due not to including proprietary software it says “firmware missing”

[Kidplayer_666]

its working, thanks everyone