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The User Manager I can't install.

Sat Jan 18, 2025 1:11 am

Hi, please I need help guys, is that I am trying to install the usermanager on mikrotik version 17.17, my architecture is arm so I downloaded the extra Packages ARM 17.17 stable, take the file with a long click and drop it in the Menu File of my Winbox it is copied, however, when I restart the mikrotik router when starting it I do not see it in the system-packages menu that is supposed to be as a sign of its installation, also when I try to access it through the web with userman obviously I can't either. Does anyone have any idea what is happening?
 
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Re: The User Manager I can't install.

Sat Jan 18, 2025 4:11 am

You need to open up the File window in winbox, and drag the file to the blank spot in the window - not the menu itself – so that .npk package appears at the root directory inside Files dialog box. Then do a System > Reboot.

You check Logs to see if has any messages after reboot after copy'ing the UM package.

Also may want to check System > Resources and check that you have enough free disk space for the package (although there be a log message about disk space in logs). Most routers are fine, but if it's a 16MB flash that's problematic for additional packages.
 
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Re: The User Manager I can't install.

Wed Jan 22, 2025 10:36 pm

I dragged and dropped it on the white part that you say in the file menu where the other files are, the file is there but when I restart nothing happens. The version used is 17.17 and 17.16.2 does not work either, I have ARM architecture, I have enough storage. Both routerOS and usermanager have the same version 17.17.
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Re: The User Manager I can't install.

Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:01 pm

If the file was dropped on root directory (from screen shot it looks like it is in a subfolder), after reboot you should see something in log about failed install and possible reason.
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Re: The User Manager I can't install.

Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:52 am

Perhaps use the "Upload" button in Files, instead of drag-and-drop... End of the day, the package MUST be in the root folder, otherwise it will not be found after a reboot to install – at boot ONLY the root directory / is searched for *.npk files.

(If this is a test system... you can use 7.18beta, which lets you do this from Sytem > Package without uploading anything. In 7.18, you can do a "Check for Updates", and in System > Package list you should be able see and enable user-manager, then reboot again for it to be installed)
 
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Re: The User Manager I can't install.

Sat Jan 25, 2025 4:26 pm

Well, it's fixed, you're right, the problem was that winbox, VERSION 4.0BETA doesn't let you drag to root, it has problems, so since I have routerOS 7.17 it doesn't let you use winbox 3.41, what I did was in that same version 3.41 I clicked on search for updates in the tool and the system installed a patch so I could use that winbox with that version of 7.17 which allowed me to drag and install the User Manager package to root just like you said. Thanks bro.
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Re: The User Manager I can't install.

Sat Jan 25, 2025 4:46 pm

I'm just glad in 7.18, MT finally allowing you just select/install packages like UM from /system/packages, without download/unzip/"copy to router" steps. This whole drag-drop or smb/scp/ftp/etc files was more work than needed, given it's a set of well-known list of packages...