I need help getting a RTL8821CE to work

The OS cannot detect the card and cannot see wireless connections.

I run Parrot OS 4.8 on a Asus AMD laptop with MATE desktop environment

I used the sandard method to install from a USB drive
I have my system next to a Windows 10 it is a dual boot setup.

Please note, I am a beginer with any linux and I want to learn.

#lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Root Complex
00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 IOMMU
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 PCIe GPP Bridge [6:0]
00:01.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 PCIe GPP Bridge [6:0]
00:01.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 PCIe GPP Bridge [6:0]
00:01.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 PCIe GPP Bridge [6:0]
00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus A
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 61)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 5
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 6
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 7
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Baffin [Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X] (rev e5)
02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Intel Corporation SSD 660P Series (rev 03)
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso (rev c2)
05:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio Controller
05:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor
05:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven USB 3.1
05:00.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven USB 3.1
05:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller

#ifconfig
eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 04:d4:c4:77:35:50  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 988  bytes 292201 (285.3 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 988  bytes 292201 (285.3 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

usb0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.42.139  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.42.255
        inet6 fe80::51ad:5dd0:b801:f2b1  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether ce:7c:26:99:d4:38  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 30593  bytes 33857849 (32.2 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 18475  bytes 3791142 (3.6 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
rndis_host             20480  0
cdc_ether              24576  1 rndis_host
usbnet                 49152  2 rndis_host,cdc_ether
mii                    16384  1 usbnet
rfcomm                 90112  16
squashfs               65536  0
loop                   40960  0
xfrm_user              40960  2
xfrm_algo              16384  1 xfrm_user
bnep                   28672  2
binfmt_misc            24576  1
btusb                  57344  0
btrtl                  24576  1 btusb
btbcm                  16384  1 btusb
btintel                28672  1 btusb
nls_cp437              20480  1
joydev                 28672  0
bluetooth             663552  41 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
vfat                   20480  1
fat                    86016  1 vfat
edac_mce_amd           32768  0
uvcvideo              114688  0
snd_hda_codec_realtek   126976  1
videobuf2_vmalloc      20480  1 uvcvideo
efi_pstore             16384  0
videobuf2_memops       20480  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
snd_hda_codec_generic    94208  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
ledtrig_audio          16384  2 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
videobuf2_v4l2         28672  1 uvcvideo
kvm_amd               106496  0
drbg                   28672  1
ccp                   102400  1 kvm_amd
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     73728  1
wl                   6467584  0
snd_hda_intel          49152  4
videobuf2_common       57344  2 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo
snd_intel_nhlt         20480  1 snd_hda_intel
ansi_cprng             16384  0
snd_hda_codec         155648  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
kvm                   782336  1 kvm_amd
videodev              249856  3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
pcspkr                 16384  0
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
snd_hda_core           98304  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
serio_raw              20480  0
mc                     57344  4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
asus_nb_wmi            28672  0
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
ecdh_generic           16384  1 bluetooth
asus_wmi               40960  1 asus_nb_wmi
wmi_bmof               16384  0
efivars                20480  1 efi_pstore
ecc                    32768  1 ecdh_generic
sparse_keymap          16384  1 asus_wmi
hid_multitouch         32768  0
snd_pcm               118784  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
snd_timer              40960  1 snd_pcm
sp5100_tco             20480  0
cfg80211              823296  1 wl
tpm_crb                20480  0
snd                    98304  16 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm
tpm_tis                16384  0
k10temp                16384  0
watchdog               28672  1 sp5100_tco
tpm_tis_core           24576  1 tpm_tis
soundcore              16384  1 snd
rfkill                 28672  7 asus_wmi,bluetooth,cfg80211
ac                     16384  0
asus_wireless          20480  0
tpm                    73728  3 tpm_tis,tpm_crb,tpm_tis_core
rng_core               16384  3 ccp,tpm
evdev                  28672  17
acpi_cpufreq           28672  0
parport_pc             28672  0
ppdev                  24576  0
lp                     20480  0
parport                61440  3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev
efivarfs               16384  1
ip_tables              32768  0
x_tables               49152  1 ip_tables
autofs4                53248  2
raid10                 65536  0
raid456               176128  0
async_raid6_recov      24576  1 raid456
async_memcpy           20480  2 raid456,async_raid6_recov
async_pq               20480  2 raid456,async_raid6_recov
async_xor              20480  3 async_pq,raid456,async_raid6_recov
async_tx               20480  5 async_pq,async_memcpy,async_xor,raid456,async_raid6_recov
raid1                  49152  0
raid0                  24576  0
multipath              20480  0
linear                 20480  0
md_mod                172032  6 raid1,raid10,raid0,linear,raid456,multipath
xfs                  1519616  0
btrfs                1470464  0
xor                    24576  2 async_xor,btrfs
zstd_decompress        90112  2 squashfs,btrfs
zstd_compress         188416  1 btrfs
raid6_pq              122880  4 async_pq,btrfs,raid456,async_raid6_recov
libcrc32c              16384  3 btrfs,xfs,raid456
ext4                  761856  1
crc16                  16384  2 bluetooth,ext4
mbcache                16384  1 ext4
jbd2                  131072  1 ext4
crc32c_generic         16384  0
nls_ascii              16384  1
hid_generic            16384  0
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  1
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
crc32c_intel           24576  3
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
amdgpu               4923392  27
aesni_intel           372736  0
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                 24576  2 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
gpu_sched              36864  1 amdgpu
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 amdgpu
xhci_pci               20480  0
ttm                   122880  1 amdgpu
xhci_hcd              278528  1 xhci_pci
r8169                  98304  0
usbcore               307200  7 xhci_hcd,usbnet,rndis_host,uvcvideo,btusb,xhci_pci,cdc_ether
drm_kms_helper        212992  1 amdgpu
realtek                20480  1
i2c_piix4              28672  0
usb_common             16384  3 xhci_hcd,usbcore,uvcvideo
nvme                   49152  2
libphy                 98304  2 r8169,realtek
nvme_core             106496  4 nvme
drm                   548864  8 gpu_sched,drm_kms_helper,amdgpu,ttm
mfd_core               16384  1 amdgpu
wmi                    36864  2 asus_wmi,wmi_bmof
battery                20480  1 asus_wmi
i2c_hid                32768  0
video                  53248  1 asus_wmi
hid                   143360  3 i2c_hid,hid_multitouch,hid_generic
i2c_designware_platform    16384  0
i2c_designware_core    24576  1 i2c_designware_platform
button                 20480  0

you’ll need to install Realtek RTL8821CE Driver

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It worked, thank you <3

Read the README.MD (found below)
Screenshot at 2020-04-03 15-06-03

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