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Requirements

D3Ext edited this page Sep 24, 2025 · 5 revisions

Be aware that some packages may not be available for your package manager so you will have to install them manually (luckily most of them are available).

Main requirements

The following basic requirements are needed for this tool in order to work:

Command Package name
ip iproute2/iproute
iw iw
macchanger macchanger
aircrack-ng aircrack-ng
airmon-ng aircrack-ng
aireplay-ng aircrack-ng
airodump-ng aircrack-ng
mdk4 mdk4
reaver reaver
wash reaver
xterm xterm
awk awk/gawk
sed sed
jq jq
lspci pciutils
lsusb lsusb/usbutils
ethtool ethtool
column bsdmainutils/util-linux
curl curl
ps procps/procps-ng

You can install this packages using the following commands, have in mind that some package names may be different depending on the distro you are using

Using apt

apt install iproute2 iw macchanger aircrack-ng mdk4 reaver xterm gawk sed jq pciutils usbutils ethtool bsdmainutils curl procps

Using pacman

pacman -S iproute2 iw macchanger aircrack-ng mdk4 reaver xterm awk sed jq pciutils usbutils ethtool util-linux curl procps-ng

Using dnf (some packages may not be available)

dnf install iproute iw macchanger aircrack-ng reaver xterm gawk sed jq pciutils lsusb ethtool util-linux curl procps-ng

Optional requirements

The following optional requirements are needed to perform other attacks like Evil Twin or PMKID attack:

Command Package name
john john
wpapcap2john john
hashcat hashcat
hcxpcapngtool hcxtools
hcxhashtool hcxtools
hcxdumptool hcxdumptool
pixiewps pixiewps
airgraph-ng aircrack-ng
hostapd hostapd
hostapd-wpe hostapd-wpe
dnsmasq dnsmasq
lighttpd lighttpd
bettercap bettercap

Using apt

apt install john hashcat hcxtools hcxdumptool pixiewps hostapd hostapd-wpe dnsmasq lighttpd bettercap

Using pacman (some packages may not be available depending on your distro)

pacman -S john hashcat hcxtools hcxdumptool pixiewps hostapd hostapd-wpe dnsmasq lighttpd bettercap

Using dnf (some packages may not be available)

dnf install john hashcat hcxtools hcxdumptool pixiewps hostapd hostapd-wpe dnsmasq lighttpd bettercap

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