well, you don't even have the patch command installed, so dkms won't be able to do anything. either a missing dependency, or you've manually removed the patch package.
do (as root) apt-get install patch and try again apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1128163 Title: bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.112+bdcom-0ubuntu3: bcmwl kernel module failed to build To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1128163/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs