Basic dude installation failure - [solved]

RouterOS Beginner Basics
1

I have a RB750gr3 and it says it has CPU MIPS 1004Kc V2.15, architecture mmips. Currently running 7.19 (stable), no further updates available.

Per https://wiki.mikrotik.com/Manual:System/Disks I installed and formatted a USB drive, you can see it in the /disk print below.

Now following this guide https://wiki.mikrotik.com/Manual:The_Dude_v6/Installation
I downloaded provided all packages and pulled out dude-7.19.1-mmips.npk
Uploaded that npk file to the router through GUI in Files and then I can see dude-7.19.1-mmips.npk listed there.
Told the router to reboot in GUI, it does so and beeps on the way up.

Problems;
I don’t see Dude in the GUI menus
Doesn’t seem to be available to enable in CLI either, see below.
The npk file I uploaded above is gone.
Now what? Is there a step or something I’m missing in the guide?


[admin@RouterOS] > /dude 
bad command name dude (line 1 column 2)
[admin@RouterOS] > /dude set enabled=yes 
bad command name dude (line 1 column 2)
[admin@RouterOS] > /disk print 
Flags: B - BLOCK-DEVICE; M - MOUNTED
Columns: SLOT, MOUNT-POINT, MODEL, SERIAL, INTERFACE, SIZE, FREE, USE, FS, FS-LABEL
#    SLOT  MOUNT-POINT  MODEL                 SERIAL    INTERFACE                   SIZE            FREE  USE  FS     FS-LABEL
0 BM usb1  usb1         Generic Mass Storage  977C146E  USB 2.00 480Mbps  16 106 127 360  15 854 936 064  0%   fat32  MAGNUM
2

Have you tried with the correct RouterOS ?
You saying you Currently running 7.19 (stable) of RouterOS.
And transfer Dude 7.19.1.

3

You can go to System > Packages, use “Check for Updates”, the check the “dude” package, hit “Apply”. That will install the right dude for your system - but this will only work in 7.19+.

If you’re out of disk space, that could be a problem. But I’d try above, then check the logs after the reboot caused by “Apply”.

You may also need to set the directory to use, once the command appears, like:
/dude/set data-directory=usb1/dude

4

OK, good catch, system packages does now say 7.19.1 is available. Could have sworn it said no further updates available yesterday when I did these updates, was on 6 something. Also didn’t realize an exact match was required.

And thanks for the tip on the drive switch required.

[admin@RouterOS] > /dude 
15:29:53 echo: system,clock,critical,info ntp change time May/28/2025 15:29:17 => May/28/2025 15:29:53
[admin@RouterOS] /dude> /disk print 
Flags: B - BLOCK-DEVICE; M - MOUNTED
Columns: SLOT, MOUNT-POINT, MODEL, SERIAL, INTERFACE, SIZE, FREE, USE, FS, FS-LABEL
#    SLOT  MOUNT-POINT  MODEL                 SERIAL    INTERFACE                   SIZE            FREE  USE  FS     FS-LABEL
0 BM usb1  usb1         Generic Mass Storage  977C146E  USB 2.00 480Mbps  16 106 127 360  15 854 936 064  0%   fat32  MAGNUM  
[admin@RouterOS] /dude> /dude/set data-directory=usb1/dude 
[admin@RouterOS] /dude> /dude set enabled=yes 
[admin@RouterOS] /dude> print 
         enabled: yes                                  
  data-directory: usb1/dude                            
          status: applying settings: enabling: starting
[admin@RouterOS] /dude>  
[admin@RouterOS] /dude> print 
         enabled: yes      
  data-directory: usb1/dude
          status: running  
[admin@RouterOS] /dude>
5

And I recall 7.19.0 had some bug with Dude, so good you upgraded. But package version do have to match exactly… but the “extra package selector” is new 7.19 - but that align extra-package automatically in future.

6

Good deal, thanks for mentioning it, that’s what I used.