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On a fresh install of debian 9 I'm having problems with installing the proprietary broadcom drivers.

I followed this guide exactly.

but on the final step I get the error modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found in directory /lib/modules/4.9.0-1-amd64

I've seen a lot of "fixes" for this, but nothing seems to work. The output for sudo find / -name "modprobe*" is: 

/sbin/modprobe /lib/modprobe.d /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe /etc/modprobe.d /usr/share/man/man5/modprobe.d.5.gz /usr/share/man/man8/modprobe.8.gz /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/modprobe

The command lspci :

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) Subsystem: Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:0619] Kernel modules: bcma 04:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge [1b21:1080] (rev 03

and /etc/apt/sources.list:

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Stretch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20170306-05:25]/ stretch main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Stretch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20170306-05:25]/ stretch main deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
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  • What is the output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 ? Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 9:32
  • 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) Subsystem: Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:0619] Kernel modules: bcma 04:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge [1b21:1080] (rev 03) Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 10:07
  • Please edit-here by adding the output of cat /etc/apt/sources.list Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 10:26

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The broadcom-sta-dkms is available on debian stretch , you don't need to add jessie repos ( it is not recommended ).

Because broadcom-sta-dkms is a non-free software you should add the non-free component to your sources.list.

Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list as follows:

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free

Update your system

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade

Remove the broadcom-sta-dkms

apt-get remove broadcom-sta-dkms

Follow the official guide to install the wifi driver (posted on your question)

apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') broadcom-sta-dkms modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma modprobe wl
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  • By removing all of the jessie sources, I now have the erorr: E: Package 'broadcom-sta-dkms' has no installation candidate when I try to follow the instructions again. My sources file is a mess, could you please edit your comment to show exactly what it is I need in there? Also updating throws the error :'http://ftp.us.debian.org stretch Release' does not have a Release file Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 21:48
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    Wiping my /etc/apt/sources.list file and adding in the free + non-free repos from the bottom link solved my problem (switching out "jessie" for "stretch"). Then followed the steps from the original link: wiki.debian.org/SourcesList Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 9:56
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Try from synaptic to install broadcom-sta-sources instead of the dkms.

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