This is my first time messing with Linux so please forgive my ignorance.

I have an HP Elitebook 840 G8 that I’ve installed Ubuntu server on. I was trying to install a GUI on it, so I tried pulling the SLiM package from the web, but got "Temporary Failure resolving ‘Archive.ubuntu.com’.

This laptop doesn’t have an Ethernet Port, so I have to use a Microsoft USB-Ethernet dongle. But I haven’t been successful in getting that to work.

Is there a way for me to manually download the driver on a USB, then load it that way?

  • chi-chan~@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    If you have NetworkManager installed (you should have), you can use nmtui, TUI tool.

    TUI is <u>T</u>erminal <u>U</u>ser <u>I</u>nterface, and IMO very user-friendly.

    • SecretSauces@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 months ago

      When I try [sudo nmtui] it gives me "Command nmtui not found, but can be installed with: [sudo apt install network-manager].

      Which circles me back to my original problem where I don’t have network connectivity.