No D-Link wifi after power interruption

I have lost wifi on my Dlink dongle when I try chili555’s fantastic reload that has worked before, i.e.:

cd rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
make clean
make ( **It messes up here** )

$ make
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.4.0-116-generic/build M=/home/joanne/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux  modules
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/4.4.0-116-generic/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
Makefile:1049: recipe for target 'modules' failed
make: *** [modules] Error 2

Some results of queries below:

$ lshw
*-usb:2 UNCLAIMED
                      description: Generic USB device
                      product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
                      vendor: Realtek
                      physical id: 3
                      bus info: usb@2:1.3
                      version: 2.00
                      serial: 00e04c000001
                      capabilities: usb-2.10
                      configuration: maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family KT Controller (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville) (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Q65 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port Desktop SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)

$ inxi
CPU~Quad core Intel Core i5-2400 (-MCP-) speed/max~1600/3400 MHz Kernel~4.4.0-116-generic x86_64 Up~2:07 Mem~1911.9/7862.7MB HDD~250.1GB(9.6% used) Procs~259 Client~Shell inxi~2.3.56  

$ nmcli device
DEVICE  TYPE      STATE      CONNECTION   
eno1    ethernet  connected  Auto Ethernet
lo      loopback  unmanaged  --          

$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for joanne:
  *-network                
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville)
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eno1
       version: 04
       serial: 78:2b:cb:a9:18:b3
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.13-4 ip=192.168.0.106 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:27 memory:e1a00000-e1a1ffff memory:e1a80000-e1a80fff ioport:3080(size=32)

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family KT Controller (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville) (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Q65 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port Desktop SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0e8d:2008 MediaTek Inc.
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 2001:3314 D-Link Corp.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04f2:0760 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Acer KU-0760 Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

$ nmcli g
STATE      CONNECTIVITY  WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN   
connected  full          enabled  enabled  enabled  enabled

$ nmcli g
STATE      CONNECTIVITY  WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN   
connected  full          enabled  enabled  enabled  enabled

joanne@joanne-OptiPlex-790:~$ nmcli n
enabled

joanne@joanne-OptiPlex-790:~$ nmcli r
WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN   
enabled  enabled  enabled  enabled

joanne@joanne-OptiPlex-790:~$ nmcli c
NAME                      UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE
Auto Ethernet             03d1561f-d6d4-4752-bd31-9e5af210bf3e  ethernet  eno1  
MIFI2-MXAM                9fd213c2-58da-418d-aa27-ad97fca962b7  wifi      --    
PrivatVPN-US-LA-TUN-1194  b885f4df-bd81-4321-ac06-743c094508e9  vpn       --    
RCMP 1                    6ada3fdc-1731-43ce-9248-475020d208fa  wifi      --    
RCMP 2                    82e3482a-a767-4afb-a7a1-b19e58177520  wifi      --  

joanne@joanne-OptiPlex-790:~$ nmcli d
DEVICE  TYPE      STATE      CONNECTION   
eno1    ethernet  connected  Auto Ethernet

I am at a total loss on how to proceed.

# mkdir -p /tmp/t4u
# cd /tmp/t4u
# wget https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux/archive/master.zip

# unzip master.zip
# cd rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux-master

# sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

# make
# sudo make install

# sudo modprobe -a rtl8812au