enabling WLAN on Dell Inspiron 5100

The commands should be:

  cd /home/dansm15/extracted/
  cabextract sp30379.exe

More information on the subject is available here:

  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper

Still having issues as follows: dansm15@dandell:~/extracted$ cd /home/dansm15/extracted/cabextract sp30379.exe
bash: cd: /home/dansm15/extracted/cabextract: No such file or directory

Those are two separate commands.

First type cd /home/dansm15/extracted/ and press enter.
Then type cabextract sp30379.exe and press enter.

If it says "bash: cabextract: command not found" when you type "cabextract sp30379.exe", then cabextract is not installed. It can be installed with
sudo apt-get install cabextract

Here's the message I got when trying to install cabextract: ANy thoughts?

dansm15@dandell:~$ sudo apt-get install cabextract
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package cabextract

You need to add the universe repository. The Ubuntu wiki has a comprehensive guide:

  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

I installed the Repositories and then got the following when I followed your instructions. Any ideas?

dansm15@dandell:~/extracted$ cabextract sp30379.exe
bash: cabextract: command not found

You need to install cabextract after enabling the universe repository.

sudo apt-get install cabextract will install it for you. (provided that you have enabled universe)

If it still says that the package is not available, then run sudo apt-get update first and then try installing it again. After that, proceed with the ndiswrapper instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper