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I'm trying to follow this instruction:

$ git clone https://github.com/porjo/mt7601.git
$ cd mt7601/src
$ make
$ mkdir -p /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/
$ cp RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/
$ insmod os/linux/mt7601Usta.ko

from https://github.com/porjo/mt7601, to install drivers for my cheap usb wifi dongle (lsusb shows it is 148f:7601), but when I call make I get error 

/lib/modules/3.18.7-v7+/build No such file or directory.

How can I fix it? Maybe someone know another solution to make this dongle work?

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You need a complete kernel framework to build a kernel module. Search for Raspberry PI compiling kernel modules and you should get the drift.

Every time you update the kernel you will have to re-compile the module.

I'm going to guess you have a Mediatek wireless dongle.

Luckily, I think MrEngman publishes an up to date kernel module.

Find your kernel with the following command

uname -a

Download the module using the following command

wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80256631/mt7601-3.18.13-784.tar.gz
tar xzf mt7601-3.18.13-784.tar.gz
./install.sh

Using the values for 3.18.13-784 shown by uname -a.

Note that the Pi2 typically has -v7 as part of the kernel name, you'll need to take that into account.

e.g. on a Pi2 the download might be

wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80256631/mt7601-3.18.13-v7-784.tar.gz

It's your job to check that what I suggest is safe and secure.

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  • Joan beat me to it by 2 mins ... just to add: you might be much easier off if you just bought a new WiFi dongle with known support for raspberry Pi. I'm a big fan of the Edimax Un7811 dongle - sets you back less than $10 and it has full support in the rPi kernel. – Phil B. May 19 '15 at 16:40
  • @joan, thanks for this answer. I think im in a good way to solve it but I doesn't work yet. I think after run install.sh and reboot I should see mt7601Usta in result of lsmod but it is not there. Also ra0 is not created. Any idea why? uname -a shows 3.18.13-785 so I've downloaded for tar for 785. Im also bit confused why install.sh puts the bin into /lib/modules/3.18.13+ (not to lib/modules/3.18.13-v7+) – akn May 19 '15 at 18:44
  • Ok, nevermind. uname -a shows 3.18.13-v7+ and If I forgot to add -v7 to download url. – akn May 19 '15 at 18:59
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    @akn That caught me out as well. I'll edit that into the reply. – joan May 19 '15 at 19:02
  • @PhilB. I paid less than $2 incl. shiping from aliexpress :) "No pain no gain" – akn May 20 '15 at 8:34

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