Easy way to "bcmwl-kernel-source"?

[Grilo]

Well, my wireless isn't working (hardly ever works after install a Linux), and on my old Linux (Mint) I simply typed this on terminal:

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sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

So, I'd like to know if it's only an Ubuntu's package or if I can use it on Debian 8 too. If not, I can try to install that bcm43xx (xx is 12).

I have a Dell Inspiron 1564;
Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315]

Well, time to work. Cya

[spacex]

https://wiki.debian.org/wl

[stevepusser]

Yeah, the last thing you'll want to do is install the Ubuntu package--it's named differently from the Debian version, and that will cause file conflicts.

[shameless plug] By the way, if you want a Debian derivative that just will magically work with your device, try the live ISO of MX 15. The other developers put a lot of work into scripts recognizing the different Broadcom chipsets and autoconfiguring them, and we blithely included the nonfree "wl" driver modules and bcm43xx firmware. [/shameless plug]

The Broadcom recognition made not-Lenny quite happy: https://youtu.be/3Yi7tbd8FpY?t=6m45s

[v&n]

Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315]

A previous post of mine addressing the same card : http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... ca#p615836