Tool 'hcxpcapngtool' not found

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What have you tried:
i tried to install ‘hxtools’ but it did not resolve problem. Because i was using wifite, i also updated ‘wifite’.

What is the error:
zsh: command not found: hcxpcapngtool

from wifite:
[!] Warning: Recommended app hcxpcapngtool was not found. install @ apt install hcxtools

What device is this on:
PRETTY_NAME=“Kali GNU/Linux Rolling”
NAME=“Kali GNU/Linux”
VERSION_ID=“2024.4”
VERSION=“2024.4”
VERSION_CODENAME=kali-rolling
ID=kali
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL=“https://www.kali.org/”
SUPPORT_URL=“https://forums.kali.org/”
BUG_REPORT_URL=“https://bugs.kali.org/”
ANSI_COLOR=“1;31”

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That tool is in the repositories, what happens if you install it?

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did you use sudo

sudo apt install hcxtools

4

You installed hxtools.

You need to install hcxtools. Hcxtools are for converting captures to John the Ripper and Hashcat. With your mention of wifite, I assume that’s what you are trying to do.

sudo apt install hcxtools

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i cant upload image here because it is giving error every time. So here is screenshot link :- https://bugs.kali.org/file_download.php?file_id=3123&type=bug

6

You have installed hxtools
You need to install hcxtools

run this command, copy and paste it if possible:

sudo apt install hcxtools

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hey @denartha, thanks for your reply.

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You’re getting this warning from wifite:

[!] Warning: Recommended app hcxpcapngtool was not found. install @ apt install hcxtools

And when you try to run hcxpcapngtool, you get:

zsh: command not found: hcxpcapngtool

Root Cause:

You haven’t installed hcxtools, which includes hcxpcapngtool. Installing hxtools (different package) didn’t help because it’s unrelated.

Fix: Install hcxtools

Run this command:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install hcxtools

Then check if the tool is available:

hcxpcapngtool --help

Now, when you run wifite, the warning should go away.

9

What was the purpose of that comment considering the issue has already been resolved?

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Sorry I sent this by mistake

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No worries. With Linux, sh happens.