A simple helper script to install Mikrotik's Winbox in GNU/Linux
- Supported GNU/Linux distributtions: Debian, Ubuntu, Elementary OS, Zorin OS, Linux Mint, Kali Linux, Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, IGOS Nusantara, Archlinux
- Installs wine
- Upgrades wine (from the distribution's repo) to a newer version (only for Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, IGN)
- Menu entry in the application launcher
- Latest winbox from https://mikrotik.com/download
Copy and paste this commands to your terminal:
cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/mriza/winbox-installer.git
cd winbox-installer
sudo ./winbox-setup install
ORsudo bash winbox-setup install
On Fedora/CentOS/Redhat, if you experience neighbor discovery problems, open the port in the firewall ( thanks @yrubdab )
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5678/udp
firewall-cmd --reload
Optional step for GTK based desktop, if the icon is not loaded or loaded with wrong size. Update icon cache with this command:
gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t /usr/share/icons/hicolor
If you want to remove winbox, just run this command:
sudo ./winbox-setup remove
OR sudo ./winbox-setup remove