Wifi not working BCM43142

hey i have Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n and i can’t find a solution to install the driver thanks

mhwd -l -li
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              NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE

network-broadcom-wl 2018.10.07 false PCI

0000:01:00.1 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:


              NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE

     network-r8168            2016.04.20                true            PCI

0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:0f31) Display controller Intel Corporation:


              NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE

       video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
 video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
        video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI

Thats not the full output.
And please make use of code tags or tics to format (as shown in the link).

sorry i’m new in linux

Installed PCI configs:


              NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE

       video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI

Warning: No installed USB configs!

0000:02:00.0 (0280:14e4:4365) Network controller Broadcom:


              NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE

network-broadcom-wl 2018.10.07 false PCI

0000:01:00.1 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:


              NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE

     network-r8168            2016.04.20                true            PCI

0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:0f31) Display controller Intel Corporation:


              NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE

       video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
 video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
        video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI

Please try:

sudo mhwd -f -i pci network-broadcom-wl

(after success reboot)

If there are still problems please provide the output of:

inxi -Fazy
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Thank you so much, it worked.

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