--- title: "Installing the Dongle Drivers" canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/LIC5/124758050/Installing%20the%20Dongle%20Drivers" format: markdown --- Overview Using the dongle subsystem with version 5.0 of the Chaos License Server requires having the WIBU-KEY drivers installed on the machine where the dongle is connected. If the License Server is enabled for dongle usage and the WIBU-KEY drivers are not installed, a message appears with a link to download the appropriate drivers from WIBU Systems. Clicking on INSTALL WIBUKEY takes you to the WIBU Systems website where you can download the appropriate drivers for your operating system. After downloading the drivers for your operating system, start the installer and follow the instructions. Please make sure that you have the proper USB drivers installed on your machine. See the sections below for more details on all the steps required to download install the WIBUKEY drivers. In case you need to install a newer version of the WIBUKEY drivers or the drivers are installed incorrectly on your machine or for another reason an issue is related to them, see the Re-installing the Dongle Drivers page. Downloading the dongle drivers To download the WIBUKEY drivers, go to the WIBU Systems website and download the drivers for your operating system. The drivers need to be installed on the machine where the dongle is connected. Link: Download the drivers for your operating system. Installing the dongle drivers See the details for installing the dongle drivers for each operating system in the sections below. Windows Make sure that the USB dongle is NOT plugged-in. Make sure your account has administrative privileges and run the installation file WkRuntime.exe downloaded from the WIBU Systems website. Follow the instructions of the installer. You do not need to install the WIBU-KEY network server and monitor. Connect the dongle to your machine, open the License Server interface and enable Dongle usage . macOS Make sure that the USB dongle is NOT plugged-in. Extract the file WkRuntimeUser_6.20.500.dmg and start the WkInstall.pkg file. In the next step click Continue . Take a moment to read the Read Me section and click Continue when ready. Next you will see the screen below. Click on Install to install the drivers. You will be asked for your password. Enter it and click Install Software . The installer will proceed with the driver installation. Once the installation is complete you will see the screen below. Click Close . Connect the dongle to your machine, open the License Server interface and enable Dongle usage . Linux Install the WIBU-KEY drivers with the appropriate command listed below. Note that the Linux drivers come in two versions, as a .rpm and as a .deb package – use the one that is appropriate for your Linux distribution (i.e. the .rpm files for Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS, the .deb files for Debian/Ubuntu etc.). Operating System Driver Installation File Command Example 64-bit, with .rpm support WkRt-Lin-6.40.2402-500.x86_64.rpm rpm -ivh rpm -ivh WkRt-Lin-6.40.2402-500.x86_64.rpm 64-bit, with .deb support wkrt-lin_6.40.2402.500_amd64.deb dpkg -i dpkg -i wkrt-lin_6.40.2402.500_amd64.deb