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I have downloaded appropriate build-essential and linux headers files (and all dependencies....I think) from the internet and placed them on my desktop.

I am now trying to install the Atheros AR8161 driver from this package: compat-wireless-2012-11-13-pc Here is the output:

http://paste.ubuntu.com/1364448/

You can see from the code...or it appears to me...that build-essential and linux-headers have been installed properly.

But I am still getting these error messages. Why?

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First of all, I don't see build-essential and its dependencies in your pastebin. Did you install it previously? What is the status?

    sudo dpkg -s build-essential

Second, the driver alx doesn't exist in the file you downloaded. Even if it compiled correctly, no alx driver could be built. I suggest you try this: http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-3-stable/v3.5/compat-wireless-3.5.4-1-snpc.tar.bz2

I just compiled it on a 3.2.0-xx kernel for alx with no warnings or errors.

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