fatal error: openssl/sha.h: No such file or directory about hcxtools

[mhzsuraj22]

While installing hcxtools it says the following error:
cc -O3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -MMD -MF .deps/hcxpcaptool.d -o hcxpcaptool hcxpcaptool.c -lz -lcrypto
hcxpcaptool.c:16:10: fatal error: openssl/sha.h: No such file or directory
#include <openssl/sha.h>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Makefile:79: hcxpcaptool] Error 1

also icant seem to install any other package required like
libopenssl
openssl-dev
libcurl

[ZerBea]

Which distribution do you run?
In case of debian based distribution (KALI, UBUNTU) you must install the dev packages!

If you need more informations, follow this issue here:
#55

or check the README:
Requirements
Linux (recommended Arch Linux, but other distros should work, too (no support for other distributions).
libopenssl and openssl-dev installed
librt and librt-dev installed (should be installed by default)
zlib and zlib-dev installed (for gzip compressed cap/pcap/pcapng files)
libcurl and curl-dev installed (used by whoismac and wlancap2wpasec)
libpthread and pthread-dev installed (used by hcxhashcattool)
To install requirements on Kali use the following 'apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev'

Or just do a google search. For example: "debian openssl/sha.h: No such file or directory"
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87458/make-fatal-error-openssl-sha-h-no-such-file-or-directory

BTW:
I closed this issue, because it isn't a hcxtools issue.
Of course, you can comment further questions here, if you need help.

[mhzsuraj22]

I am running on kali Linux 2019.2
But I cant seem to install those packages
So would you be kind enough to send me the kali repositories. Bcoz mine doesn't seem to work
As it cant locate those mentioned packages.

[ZerBea]

Did you run:
$ apt get update
$ apt-get upgrade
$ apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev

BTW:
I can't send you the KALI repositories, because this is the world of Arch Linux here.

You can find the kali Linux Package Tracker here:
https://pkg.kali.org/

for example search for openssl:
https://pkg.kali.org/pkg/openssl

It is possible that KALI changed the name of the Package:
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?35011-Issues-with-libssl-John-the-Ripper

[mhzsuraj22]

Yeah I ran all the commnds
All came positive except for that last one
It just cant locate the package
Anyways thanks
I will try more and reply if I found the answer
Thank you so much for the quick response

[ZerBea]

Also I recommend to read this here, if you are a Linux beginner:
https://itsfoss.com/kali-linux-review/

[ZerBea]

Ok, please post the error message from apt.
It looks like a typical KALI issue, because we have more than one issue report here:
#93
#57
#56

Maybe I need to update the REAME, because KALI change the package names (again).

[ZerBea]

Both tools came up with KALI:
https://pkg.kali.org/pkg/hcxtools
https://pkg.kali.org/pkg/hcxdumptool

[DarioMorariu]

I'm having the exact same problem. I'm using a pwnagotchi.

[ZerBea]

@DarioMorariu
Provided that you're running the latest release v1.5.5:
https://github.com/evilsocket/pwnagotchi/releases/tag/v1.5.5
You should know that the underlying OS (Raspbian lite - based on Debian) is old (Apr 18, 2021).

Latest Raspbian lite version is Bookworm (Debian 12) with release date: December 11th 2023)
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/

As mentioned in README.md section requirements, you need libopenssl >= 3.0 to compile hcxtools.
* libopenssl (>= 3.0) and openssl-dev installed

This version is provided by Bookworm:
https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/openssl

Older versions, e.g. Bullseye provide version 1.1.1w only:
https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/openssl
Due to missing functions, you can't compile hcxtools running this old library.

You now have two options:
update to bookworm
or
compile openssl by yourself (I do not recommend this, because you will end up in a dependency hell)
https://www.openssl.org/

BTW:
According to this the pwnagotchi recommended hardware is a Raspberry Pi 0 W:
https://pwnagotchi.org/getting-started/suggested-working-hardware/index.html

I suggest to take a look at OpenWRT:
https://openwrt.org/
https://openwrt.org/packages/pkgdata/hcxtools
https://openwrt.org/packages/pkgdata/hcxdumptool

You can build a test image via the firmware selector:
https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=23.05.2&target=bcm27xx%2Fbcm2708&id=rpi

[ZerBea]

Also you should know that Debian (and its clones like Raspbain, UBUNTU, KALI, ...) does not install a development environment by default!

If you decide to compile tools, it is mandatory to install the development environment, the development tools, the header files (-dev packages) and the libraries (linked by hcxtools).
If this environment is missing (not installed or incomplete), you'll end up in an ERROR like this one:
fatal error: openssl/sha.h: No such file or directory