Help installing drivers - TP-Link TL-WN772N v2

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I am not new to Linux, but I am new to OpenWrt. I am trying to get a TP-Link TL-WN772N v2 working, as I previously got it working on raspbian and was hoping there would be just as few issues. However, this was not the case. I have found a driver at https://github.com/quickreflex/rtl8188eus, and just need to install it. Could someone help with that?

I am running 18.06.4, on a raspberry pi 0 w, and am following instructions at https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/raspberry-pi-vpn-travel-router/ in hopes of setting up a vpn hotspot. All I need help with for now is driver compiling and installation though.

I've gotten to make all in the instructions on github, but even after some troubleshooting I get root@OpenWrt:/rtl8188eus# make all /bin/sh: cc: not found (standard_in) 1: syntax error make ARCH=armv6l CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.9.184/build M=/rtl8188eus modules make[1]: *** /lib/modules/4.9.184/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: *** [Makefile:1911: modules] Error 2

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OpenWrt is generally not able to "build itself" the way that a full-blown, desktop/server distro can.

You would need to "package" the source code as a package and build it within the OpenWrt build system on a build host.

As it looks to produce a kernel module, building an entire image is much, much easier than trying to exactly match the kernel source and configuration (kernel "fingerprint") required for opkg to install the module

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Alright, that's rather disappointing. I'll let you know how it goes.